Watch List notes:

France, Kingdom. François I 'le Restaurateur des Lettres' (the Restorer of Letters) AV Écu d'or. Bayonne mint, 5th type, 3rd emission, struck from 21 July 1519. ✠ : D : (anchor) : FRANCISCVS : DEI : G : FRANCORVᙏ : REX :, crowned coat-of-arms of France, sunburst above / ✠ : D : (anchor) : XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : INPER :, cross fleurdelisée with pellet within quatrefoil at centre; cantoned with F in second and fourth quarters, lis in first and third. Duplessy 775; Friedberg 345. 3.39g, 26mm, 5h.

Good Extremely Fine.

Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.