France, Kingdom. François I le Restaurateur des Lettres (the Restorer of Letters) AV Écu d’or au soleil du Dauphiné. Crémieu mint, 4th type, 3rd emission, 1528. ♛ ⧾ FRANCISCVS : DEI : GRACIA : FRANC : REX, coat-of-arms of the Dauphin of France; sunburst above / ♛ ⧾ XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT, cross fleurdelisée with pellet in quatrilobe at centre, cantoned with crowns in two quarters. Duplessy 785; Friedberg 353. 3.43g, 26mm, 9h.

Good Extremely Fine. Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 30 October 2020, lot 860;
Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.