France, Kingdom. Charles V le Sage (the Wise) AV Franc à pied. Paris mint, struck from 20 April 1365. KAROLVS ⵘ DI ⵘ GR FRAИCORV ⵘ RЄX, king standing facing within Gothic arch; semé of seven lis to left and right, holding sword with annulet pommel and Main de Justice / ✠ XPC ∗ VIИCIT ∗ XPC ∗ RЄGИAT ∗ XPC ∗ IMPЄRAT, cross tréflée, pellet within angled quadrilobed at centre, cantoned with lis in first and fourth quarters, crown in second and third; all within angled quadrilobed, lis in spandrels. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 331; Duplessy 360; Ciani 457; Friedberg 284. 3.77g, 29mm, 3h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From a private European collection.