Watch List notes:

France, Kingdom. François I le Restaurateur des Lettres (the Restorer of Letters, 1515-1547) AV Écu d'or au soleil du Dauphiné. Grenoble mint, 2nd type 1st emission, struck 1528. Étienne Nachon, moneyer. ⧾ FRANCISCVS : DEI : GRA : FRACOR : REX ◦ E ❀, coat-of-arms of the Dauphin of France; sunburst above / ⧾ XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT ❀, cross fleurdelisée with sunburst in quadrilobe at centre, cantoned with crowned F in two quarters. Duplessy 783; Friedberg 355. 3.43g, 26mm, 9h.

Near Mint State; in superb condition for the issue.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.