World Gold
Lot 1981 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) World Gold
Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,300
FRANCE, Francis I, (1515-1547), ecu d'or au soleil, issue of 23 January 1515, (head of St.Ambroise in brackets, Milan mint) (issued from 1515-1522), (3.41 grams), obv. +FRANCISCVS O G FRANCOR REX OVX M, crowned arms with sun above, rev. Cross with extremities as lis, around. +XPS VINCIT XPS REGNET XPS IMPERAT, (Lafaurie 634* [Pl.XXXI illustrated]; CNI 3 [p.221, Pl.XII, 9], Duplessy 957, Ciani 1217, cf.Friedberg 340). Good very fine or better and rare.
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