FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters), 1515-1547. Écu d'or au soleil (Gold, 26 mm, 3.42 g, 12 h), Lyon. ✠FRANCISCVS DEI GRA FRANCORVM REX (rosette and trefoil); annulet under twelfth letter; crowned arms, sun above. Rev. ✠XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT (rosette and trefoil); annulet under twelfth letter; Cross fleury with alternating F and lis in the angles. Duplessy 775. Fr. 345. Lafaurie 639. Good very fine.
From the collection of Pierre & Gertrud Matthey, formed from the 1970s to the 1990s.