France
Anglo-Gallic. Henry VI of England (1422-53) gold Salut d'or 1425-48 MS63 PCGS, Le Mans mint, 2nd Emission, Fr-301 (also listed as Fr-18), Duplessy-443A, Elias-269 (R). (root mm) hЄИRICVS : 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 / (root mm) XPC' * VIИCIT * XPC' * RЄGИAT * XPC' * IMPЄRAT, Latin cross above "h" within tressure of arches, a lis and leopard to either side. An outstanding example of this rare issue. To our knowledge, only four distinct examples of this issue have appeared at auction in the past decade including this one, which by most measurements is the finest of the group. The strike is superb and the surfaces are nearly devoid of post-strike marks.
Estimate: 2500-3000 USD