France, Kingdom. Charles VI 'le Bien-Aimé/le Fol' (the Well-Beloved/the Mad) AV Écu d'or. Mirabel mint, 3rd emission, struck from 11 September 1389. ✠ KAROLVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIA ⁑ FRAꞂCORVᙏ ⁑ RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms / ✠ XPC' ★ VIИCIT ★ XPC' ★ RЄGИAT ★ XPC' ★ IИPЄRAT ★, cross fleurdelisée and feuillue, star in centre; all within quadrilobe with lis at end of each arc, crown in spandrels. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 332 (for type); Duplessy 369B; Friedberg 291. 3.91g, 28mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Trésor de la Guerre de Cent Ans, Beaussant Lefèvre - Thierry Parsy, 30 June 2009, lot 122.
Price realized | 1'600 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 2'000 GBP |