France, Kingdom. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad, 1380-1422) AV Écu d’or. Paris mint, 1st emission, struck from 11 September 1389. ✠ KAROLVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIA ⁑ FRAꞂCORVᙏ ⁑ RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms / ✠ XPC’ * VIИCIT * XPC’ * RЄGИAT * XPC’ * IИPЄRAT *, cross fleurdelisée and feuillue, star in centre; all within quadrilobe with lis at end of each arc, crown in spandrels. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 332 (for type); Duplessy 369; Ciani 484; Friedberg 291. 4.02g, 30mm, 3h.

Good Extremely Fine.

Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.