France (1308) toulousain
This specimen was lot 1484 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$585 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Philippe IV le Bel (1285-1314), AR toulousain, s.d. (1308). D/ +•PHILIPPVS REX Fleur de lis. R/ TO LA CI VI Croix. Très rare. Très Beau. Provient d'Argenor, Paris, octobre 2000. (kingdom of France, Philip IV the Fair, 1285-1314, undated silver toulousin of about 1308. Obverse: fleur de lys; reverse: cross. Very rare, Very Fine.)"
This type does not seem to have a precedent or a successor. Roberts catalogs this as a denier de Toulouse, the last gasp of the medieval silver penny. It had about one sixth of the silver in a gros tournois.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.19 g, 0.559 fine silver, this specimen 1,03 g.
Catalog reference: Roberts-2703; Dupl-220; Ci. 237; Laf. 239.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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