France, Kingdom. François I le Restaurateur des Lettres (the Restorer of Letters) AV Écu d'or au soleil du Dauphiné. Grenoble mint, 5th type, 3rd emission, 1528. Étienne Nachon, moneyer. + FRANCISCVS ◦ DEI ◦ GRA ◦ FRACORVM ◦ REX ❀ N, coat-of-arms of the Dauphin of France; sunburst above / ❀ XPS • VINCIT • XPS • REGNAT ◦ XPS • IMPERAT • N •, cross fleurdelisée with pellet in centre, cantoned with a dolphin and a crowned F. Duplessy 786; Friedberg 355. 3.34g, 27mm, 3h.

Near Mint State. Extremely Rare; only three other examples present on CoinArchives.

Ex Long Valley River Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XX, 30 October 2020, lot 859;
Acquired from Jean Vinchon Numismatique & Phidias.

This type was produced only at Grenoble by moneyers Étienne Nachon and Pierre Vincent.