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NYINC Signature Sale 3030 5-6 January 2014
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Anglo-Gallic. Henry VI of England (1422-53) gold Salut d'or ND, Rouen mint, 2nd Emission, from 6 September 1423, Fr-301, Duplessy-443A, Elias-270c, MS64 NGC. (leopard mm) hЄNИRICVS : DЄI : GRA : FRACORV : Ƶ : AGLIЄ : RЄX, the Virgin Mary standing behind the arms of France facing the Archangel Gabriel standing behind the quartered arms of France and England, handing her a scroll bearing AVЄ beneath the light of God / (leopard mm) XPC' * VIИCIT * XPC' * RЄGИAT * XPC' * IMPЄRAT, Latin cross above "h" within tressure of arches, a lis and leopard to either side. Lustrous and well-struck with a few minor surface abrasions, the long cross from the reverse is ghosted diagonally across the obverse portraits, although not offensively so. All remaining details are exceptionally sharp. The 2nd emission of this type can be identified by the rays shining down on the obverse rather than the Hand of God lowered from Heaven in benediction.
Estimate: 2250-2750 USD
Anglo-Gallic. Henry VI of England (1422-53) gold Salut d'or ND, Rouen mint, 2nd Emission, from 6 September 1423, Fr-301, Duplessy-443A, Elias-270c, MS64 NGC. (leopard mm) hЄNИRICVS : DЄI : GRA : FRACORV : Ƶ : AGLIЄ : RЄX, the Virgin Mary standing behind the arms of France facing the Archangel Gabriel standing behind the quartered arms of France and England, handing her a scroll bearing AVЄ beneath the light of God / (leopard mm) XPC' * VIИCIT * XPC' * RЄGИAT * XPC' * IMPЄRAT, Latin cross above "h" within tressure of arches, a lis and leopard to either side. Lustrous and well-struck with a few minor surface abrasions, the long cross from the reverse is ghosted diagonally across the obverse portraits, although not offensively so. All remaining details are exceptionally sharp. The 2nd emission of this type can be identified by the rays shining down on the obverse rather than the Hand of God lowered from Heaven in benediction.
Estimate: 2250-2750 USD