Charles V Franc a Pied SOLD

NZD $2,000

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France, Charles V (the Wise) (1364-80), gold Franc à pied, Paris mint,
struck from 20 April 1365,

KAROLVS ˣ DI ˣ GR FRAИCORV ˣ RЄX, King standing facing within Gothic
arch, holding a sword and Main de Justice; semé of seven lis to left and right.
Rev:  ✠ XPC ∗ VIHCIT ∗ XPC ∗ RЄGHAT ∗ XPC ∗ IMPЄRAT, cross tréflée,
pellet within angled quadrilobe at centre, cantoned with lis in first and fourth
quarters, crown in second and third; all within angled quadrilobe, lis in spandrels

Grier. 331;  Dupl. 360;  Ciani 457;  Fried. 284

Very small mount mark at 12 o’clock