France, Kingdom. Charles IV le Bel (the Fair, 1322-1328) AV Royal d'or. Paris mint, struck from 16 February 1326. ◦ KOL ◦ RЄX ◦ ◦ FRA' ◦ COR' ◦, Charles standing facing within Gothic archway, holding lis-tipped sceptre in right hand and pointing to it with left / ✠ XP'C ◦ VIꞂCIT ◦ XP'C ◦ RЄGИAT ◦ XP'C ◦ IMPЄRAT, cross quadrilobée, feuillue, and fleurdelisée, pellet in quadrilobe at centre; all within quadrilobe with each arc ending in trefoil, crown in spandrels. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 331 (for type); Duplessy 240; Ciani 252; Friedberg 261. 4.15g, 26mm, 9h.

Near Mint State; in outstanding condition for the type.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVII, 7 January 2014, lot 996.