France, Kingdom. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad, 1380-1422) AV Écu d'or. Montpellier mint, 1st emission, struck from 11 March 1385. ✠ KAROLVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIA ⁑ FRAꞂCORVᙏ ⁑ RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms / (four-crescent-cross) XPC' * VINCIT * XPC' * RЄGNAT * XPC' * IᙏPЄRAT *, cross fleurdelisée and feuillue, star in centre; all within quadrilobe with lis at end of each arc, crown in each spandrel. Duplessy 369; Ciani 487; Friedberg 291. 4.02g, 30mm, 3h.
Good Extremely Fine. Rare.
Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.