Watch List notes:

France, Kingdom. Henri III AR Demi-franc au col plat. Poitiers mint, 1586G. Étienne Le Maye, mintmaster. HENRICVS III D G FR • ET POL • REX, laureate and armoured bust to right; mintmark below / ✠ SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • BENED • date (crescent), ornate cross feuillue and fleurdelisée with central H. Duplessy 1131; Ciani 1430. 7.04g, 29mm, 8h.

Near Mint State; wonderful old cabinet tone, one of the very finest known examples.

Acquired from Beaussant Lefèvre, Paris.