498832. FRANCE, Royal. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad). 1380-1422. AV Écu d’or (30mm, 4.01 g, 8h). Rouen mint; mm: pellet below 15th letter. Third emission, 11 September 1389. ๘ Nj_rɨLVs Ḻ dĚƩ Ḻ gr_ýƩ_ Ḻ ōraNýɨrVM Ḻ rĿҞ, crowned coat-of-arms / ๘ Ҟʁ=ý ᛌ ⎍ƟNýƟͿ Ḝ Ҟʁ=ý ᛌ ʼĿgNaͿ ᛌ Ҟʁ=ý ᛌ ƟƊʁĿʼaͿ, cross fleurdelisée et feuillue; ᛌ in center; all within quadrilobe; Ⴀ at end of each arc, ՟ in spandrels. Duplessy 369B; Ciani 487; Friedberg 291. Superb EF, toned. $1750
498812 498902 498812. FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Thiéri V de Boppart. 1365-1384. AR Gros (26mm, 3.37 g, 11h). ˶ƌeɨd⍛= Ⴛ eʁS= Ⴛ Me˶˶e= Ⴛ, bishop in episcopal regalia standing facing, raising right hand in benediction, and holding crozier in left / แ ÙƊdƩ⍛˶⎍= ი SƩ˶ Ḽ NɨMĿ= ი dƊƩ= ი NˆƩ= ი Ʃƌ⎍= XʁƩ= ი/ŷˆɨ S⎍S Me ˶e=S=, cross pattée. Robert 1; Boudeau 1641; Roberts –; De Wit 541. EF, deep iridescent toning. $495 498902. FRANCE, Provincial. Metz (évêché). Anonymous issues. 14th-16th centuries. AR Gros (26mm, 2.88 g, 11h). S= Ⴛ S˶eʁƌ= Ⴛ ʁ ˆɨ˶ƌɨ= Ⴛ M= Ⴛ, St. Étienne kneeling left; ẫ to either side; manus Dei above descending right from cloud decorated with Ṅs / ẫ ÙƩƩdƩ⍛˶⎍= ი SƩ˶= ი NɨMĿ= ი dƩƩƩ= ი NˆƩ= ი Ʃƌ⎍= XʁƩ= ი/ŷˆɨ SS⎍ S Ⴛ M e˶e, cross pattée; Ṅs in quarters. Robert 4; Boudeau 1659-60; Roberts 8932. EF, deep iridescent toning.
$465
498811. FRANCE, Provincial. Provence (comté). Luis de Tarante, with Jeanne I de Naples. 1343-1382. AR Demi-gros (22mm, 1.60 g, 2h). ๘ Ḽ L Ḽ Ě˶ Ḽ Ʃ Ḽ Ʃƌ=r Ḽ Ě˶ Ḽ SƩýL= Ḽ rĿX Ḽ, crown set on coat-of-arms of Provence-Sicily / (arms of Provence-Sicily) ýɨȠS Ḽ Ě˶ Ḽ ýɩƩ˶S£ი ʐVƩýƩe, Jerusalem cross. Rolland 76a/76 (obv./rev.); Duplessy, Féodales, 1664; Poey d’Avant 4033. EF, attractively toned. $595
498828. ITALY, Genova. The Biennial Doges. 1528-1797. AR Lira (23mm, 4.15 g, 12h). Third phase. Dated 1794. DUX · ET · GUB REIP · GENU · , coat-of-arms with griffin supporters, all set on ornate entablature; L · 1 (mark of value) below / NON · SURREXIT · MAJOR · 1794 ·, St. John the Baptist standing left. holding long cross and raising hand in benediction. CNI III 8; MIR 324a/1; KM 211a. Superb EF, toned. $365 55