★ Ex Dr. R Hesselgesser Collection ★

France, Kingdom. Jean II le Bon (the Good, 1350-1364) AV Mouton d’or. Paris, struck from 17 January 1355. ✠ AGꞂ ◦ DЄI ◦ QVI ◦ TOLL ◦ PCCA ◦ MV’DI ◦ MISЄRЄRЄ ◦ ꞂOB, nimbate Agnus Dei standing to left, head to right, cruciform fleurdelisée staff with pennant flying in background; IOҺ’ RЄX below; all within tressure of arches / ✠ XP’C ⁑ VIИCIT ⁑ XP’C ⁑ RЄGИAT ⁑ XP’C ⁑ IMPЄRAT, cross tréflée and feuillue, cinquefoil within angled quadrilobe at centre; lis in quarters; all within angled quadrilobe; lis in spandrels flanking angles. Duplessy 291; Ciani 354; Lafaurie 294; Friedberg 280. 4.71g, 31mm, 2h.

Mint State; previously NGC graded MS63, a magnificent example of the type.

From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection, Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Auction 36, 28 May 2006, lot 869.