Triton XXI, Lot: 999. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Convention nationale. 1792-1795. CU Essai du sol aux balances (28mm, 11.76 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dies by Augustin Dupré. Dually dated 1793 A and L’an 2. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, plinth inscribed LES/ HOMMES/ SONT/ EGAUX/ DEVANT/ LA LOI.; radiant eye aboe, grapes to left, grain ears to right, L’AN II in exergue / LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ, I S within wreath set on scale topped by pileus; A/ 1793 below. Guilloteau 415 var. (metal); Mazzard 294 var. (same); KM –. In NGC encapsulation graded PF 64 RB, metal variety not noted.