1355 AD Medieval France gold Agnel mouton d’or of King John II 1350 - 1364 A.D.

Description

This is a fabulous medieval gold coin issued by the French King John II
(the Good) 1350 - 1364 A.D.
The obverse depicts the Paschal Lamb (or Agnus Dei) and standard within tressure,
ioh rex
(King John) below. Around the obverse legend reads:
+ AGn ° DEI ° QVI ° TOLL '° PCCA ° mVDI ° mISERERE ° nOB
, (
lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us
).
The reverse of the coin displays a floriated cross in quadrilobe, fleurs de lis in angles, the legend reads:
+ XP'C * VINCIT * XP'C * REGNAT * XP'C * IMPERAT
, (
Christ overcomes, Christ reigns, Christ commands
)
Within a year of the issue of this coin, the French had suffered yet another defeat by the English at the Battle of Poitiers. King John had been captured and great ransom demanded of four million ecu's for his return. A great many of these coins would have been taxed to pay for the king's ransom, most were melted down by the English to be recoined as 'Treaty-period' gold nobles.
It is a great looking coin that is full of history and artistic merit!
DENOMINATION:
Mouton d'or
CULTURE:
Medieval France
DATE:
1355 A.D.
MATERIAL:
Gold 22k
SIZE:
30.11mm diameter
WEIGHT:
4.57 grams
ATTRIBUTION:
Dup. 291; Fr. 280
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the D. Moreau collection. Paris.
This coin is unconditionally guaranteed be an original and
to date from the period described. A certificate of authenticity will be supplied on request.