Cambrai (1359) royal d'or Fr-105
This specimen was lot 1158 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $6,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Cambrai. Royal d'or, undated (c.1359). Pierre (Peter) IV D' Andre, 1349-1368. Obverse: The bishop standing, under a gothic canopy, crowned, holding a flowered staff, legend: IOHES: LVCA[S] - MRCVS: MATHS. Reverse: Flowered and leafy cross, curved in the heart, flanked by four lilies, in a polylobe. Weakly struck in areas. Very Rare. The only Example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded AU-55. Of the greatest rarity only one other example in a private collection. Unpublished reverse legend variant." The bishop of Cambrai was made a prince of the empire in 1007. The diocese lost considerable territory during the Counterreformation but was made an archbishopric in compensation. The state was annexed to France in 1677-78. The first gold coin was struck around 1347, the last in 1578. This type is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: gold, this specimen 3.37 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-105.
- Delmonte, A., Le Bénélux D'or, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman N.V., 1964, with supplements to 1977.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
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