Lot no. 730
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIII (1610-1643). Token bearing the effigy of a denier tournois, after or by Pierre Régnier 1633, Paris.
Av. *CAESARI. QVÆ. CÆSARIS* [Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's] in the outer legend, and in the centre representation of a Tournois denarius: + LVD. XIII. FRAN. ET. NAVAR. REX. Laureate bust, draped and cuirassed, with flat collar, right (bust of Pierre Régnier); in exergue: (date).
Rv. OBSEQVIO. FIRMATA. QVIES. Standing on an overturned skeleton, an angel, right, surrounded by a halo, wings spread, reading in a book he holds with his left hand, and leaning on a cross; in exergue: (date).
Feu.12188 - De La Tour 945; Silver - 5.52 g - 26.5 mm - 6 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded example! From a Spink sale on 27 November 2008 n° 229.
PCGS AU50 (55951506).
With a nice collector's patina. Superb condition.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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