CHARLES IV le Bel 3rd son of Philippe IV le Bel and Jeanne de Navarre January 3, 1322 - February 1, 1328 (dotted annulus) K'OL' : REX° - °FRAnCOR'°. The king standing frontally beneath a Gothic canopy with stall and pinnacles, crowned, draped and holding a long, floriated scepter in his right hand. R/. ✠ XP'C° VINCIT° XP'C° REGNAT° XP'C° IMPERAT. Four-lobed cross with foliate and fleurdelisé arms within a trefoiled quatrefoil cantoned by four coronets. ♦ Fr 261; Dy 240 Royal d'or (February 16, 1326). (4,19 g) Scratch on obverse. Flan deformed. T.B.

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