Lot 1980

Description

France, Charles VI, (1380-1422), angel d'or (2.51 gm). Paris mint. First emission, struck 1417. obv. Lamb of God standing left, head right; banner on standard with trefoil cross behind; pellet below 18th letter, +AGN':DEI: QVI: TOLL':PECAT': MV'DI:MISE':NOB, KF RX below, rev. Floreate cross with central fleur and lis in quadrants, all within angled quadrilobe; seven lis and one in tressure arcs, pellet below 18th letter, +XPC. VINCIT XPC REGNET XPC IMPERAT , (Duplessy 372 var. (eight lis in tressure); Ciani 496 var. (same), Lafaurie 380). Nearly very fine bent and straightened, a scarce variety.