Écu d`or à la chaise - Jean II

€329,491.00
IssuerFrance
Year1351
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Gold Ecu
CurrencyLivre tournois (987-1795)
CompositionGold (.875)
Weight4.5 g
Dimensions28 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Dy royales#289
Obverse descriptionJohn II seated in a gothic stall, crowned, wearing the haubert and the cotte d`armes, holding in the right hand the raised sword and in the left the shield of France with the lilies without number, in a polylobe cantoned with small shamrocks and points.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse lettering+ IOHANNES: DEI° - °°GRA°° - FRANCORVM: REX
Reverse descriptionCross four-lobed and flowered, in a quadrilobe decorated with leaves and canted by four shamrocks without tail accosted by a point.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse lettering+ XPCX VINCITX XPCX REGNATX XPCX IMPERAT
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1351)  - -
Catalog ID5969252780
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