PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Coin from the cabinet of Émile Bourgey 

On December 5, 1360, in Compiègne, Jean II created a new currency, the "franc", of the same value as the existing currency, the livre tournois. He is represented as a free "franc" on a galloping horse

OBVERSE :

Description: John II on horseback, galloping to the left, sword raised, wearing a crowned helmet topped with a lily, wearing over his chain mail a fleurdelisé coat of arms; the caparison of the horse is fleurdelisé.
Legend: IOHANNES: DEI - :GRACIA: - FRANCORV REX. (John, by the grace of God, king of the Franks.)

REVERSE :

Description: Leafy cross with quatrefoil in heart, within a quatrefoil decorated with palmettes and flanked by four hollowed-out shamrocks.
Legend: + XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* IMPERAT. (Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands.)

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