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Maker/s | Charles of France (1469-72) (ruler) La Rochelle (mint) |
Category |
coin |
Name |
Samson or fort d'or (denomination)
Medieval (Series)
France (subseries)
French Feudal Coinages (subsubseries)
Aquitaine (duchy) (subsubsubseries) |
Material/s | |
Dimensions |
weight: 7.86
g |
Date | 1469 to 1472 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1995-10-09 (Filtered for: Coins and Medals) Ex Sotheby (London) sale 9 October 1995, lot 1105; ex Weil, 12 November 1990, lot 38; ex Ciani, 6 June 1935, lot 1335; apparently ex Gariel coll. (Hoffmann, 27 April 1885), lot 2601; ex Dassy coll. (Rollin & Feuardent, 3 May 1869), lot 1325. |
Production Place | La Rochelle (mint) (place) |
Documentation |
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Catalogue ref/s | 78 753 |
Accession Number | CM.552-1995 (Coins and Medals) |
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