FRANCE, Provincial. Lorraine (duché). René I. 1431-1453. AR Gros (25mm, 2.23 g, 12h). Saint-Mihiel mint. RЄnΛT' D BΛR m' P' CO', René, wearing wreath of rosettes and armor, standing facing, holding sword and shield with ducal coat-of-arms; saltire stops / + SIT nOmЄn DOmInI BЄnЄDIC/mOn ЄTΛ S (saltire) mIChΛ, cross pattée. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, p. 199; Flon 1; cf. Saulcy pl. 10, 10; Roberts 9545. Toned. Good VF. An attractive example.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from CNG, 2005.