France
Jean II le Bon (1350-1364) gold Franc à cheval ND (from 1360) AU55 NGC, Paris mint, Fr-279, Dup-294. 3.89gm. Emission from 5 December 1360. (lis) IOhAnnЄS: DЄI | :GRACIA: | FRAnCORV': RЄ (double annulet stops), armored knight on horseback galloping left brandishing a sword / +XP'C * VIИCIT * XP'C * RЄGNAT * XP'C * IMPЄRAT (rosette stops), cross fleurée in quadrilobe with leaves at angles and trefoils in spandrels. A gently handled representative but pleasing nonetheless, boasting stronger than average striking for this usually crude type.
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