Lot no. 1
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Estimate: €80 - €150
Charles the Bold by Jean de Candida 1474
Obverse:DVX CAROLVS BVRGVNDVS, antique bust of the Duke
Reverse: the field is strewn with sparks. In the centre the sheep of the golden fleece is lying with its legs bent. Above IE L AY EMPRINS, and below BIEN EN AVIENGNE, je l'ai entrepris, que le bien en arrive. On either side of the sheep, two flints on medieval lighters from which flames gush; on the body of the flint, AVREVM VELLVS, the golden fleece.
Cast bronze, 37 mm. Ref. Armand II, 40, 1, III, 167, b; Hill 828 ;
See original version (French)
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