FRANCE / CAPÉTIENS - FRANCE / ROYAL John II the Good (1350-1364). Piéfort du Mouton d'or ND (c.1355). Av. + AGN. DEI. QVI. TOLL'. PCCA. MVDI. MISERERE. NOB'. Paschal lamb on the left, head turned to the right, before a cross with gonfanon which cuts the legend of the exergue, within a polylobe interrupted at the bottom; in the exergue, IOH' - REX. Rv. + XP'C: VINCIT: XP'C: REGNAT: XP'C: IMPERAT, punctuated by 2 superimposed quatrefoils. Cross trefoiled and leaved, with in heart a rose within a small angled quatrefoil, flanked by four lilies, within an angled quatrefoil cantoned by eight small lilies. L.294a - Ciani 355 - Rolland, Motte 1932, n° 231, pl.XI = this specimen ; Billon - 20,53 g - 30 mm - 4 h Top Pop: this is the only specimen graded by PCGS (1 specimen by NGC in MS62)! From the Motte collection, É. Bourgey sale, 12 to 15 November 1951, No. 198, with its sales label, and described in the catalogue of the Georges Motte collection, by Henri Rolland in 1932, No. 231. PCGS XF45 (51879661). The BnF copy weighs 32.18 g. Our example is made of an alloy of copper (49%), silver (42%) and lead (9%). With a grey patina. Very rare. TTB.