JEAN II known as "le Bon - Lot 286

JEAN II known as "le Bon eldest son of King Philippe VI of Valois and Jeanne of Burgundy August 22, 1350 - April 8, 1364 IOHANNES: DEI: GRACIA: FRANCORV: REX. The king on horseback, galloping left, sword raised, wearing a crowned helmet topped with a lily, wearing over his chain mail a fleurdelisé coat of arms; the horse's caparison is fleurdelisé. R/. ✠ XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* IMPERAT. Leafy cross with heart quatrefoil within an angled quatrefoil adorned with palmettes and flanked by four hollowed-out shamrocks. ♦ Dy 294; Fr 279 Franc à cheval or (December 5, 1360) (3.88 g). Regular flan. Superb. Copy from the Trésor de Grenade sur Garonne. Published by Jean Duplessy. Trésors monétaires tome II (1995) page 75