Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). Charles III le Grand (the Great). 1545-1608. AR Écu (40.5mm, 28.66 g, 4h). Nancy mint. Dated 1569. + CARO · D · G · CAL · LOTHO · BAR · GEL · DVX, armored bust right, wearing ruff / Crowned coat of arms with seven crowned coats-of-arms around; 15 69 flanking the lowermost. Flon 60; De Saulcy pl. XX, 2; Davenport 9385. Near EF, toned, minor obverse die shift. Very rare.


Ex Rauch 105 (16 November 2017), lot 948.