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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 652

France, François I (1515-1547), Ecu d'Or à la croisette, 1541 A, Paris, (i.m.) FRANCISCVS : DEI : GRA : FRANCORVM : REX, crowned shield, A below, rev. + XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT, plain cross in rosace, 3.45g, 10h, i.m. sun (Duplessy 889; Fb. 351), hairline die flaw to obverse field and with a small patch of green wax to shield, a most pleasingly bold strike, with a residual lustre, extremely fine

Provenance
Sovereign Rarities, by private treaty - £2,600

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Sold for
£1,600

Starting price
£900