★ The Finest Example for Twenty Years ★

France, Kingdom. François I 'le Restaurateur des Lettres' (the Restorer of Letters) AR Gros de trois sous. Milan mint, AD 1515-1521. ✠ FRANCIS • D • G • FRANCO • REX, salamander to left, head to right, crown above / (head of St. Ambrose) MEDIOLANI • DVX • ET • GE, crowned ornate F flanked by triangular symbols. Duplessy 960. 2.45g, 23mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Very Rare; the finest example auctioned in the past 20 years.

Ex cgb.fr, Mail Bid Sale 19, 29 January 2004, lot 681.