Book Title: Ordonnances et edicts royaux de France depuis le Roy S. Loys IX. en l'an 1226, iusques au Roy Charles neusieme à present regnant 1565. : Le tout assemblé en tieres, & rubriques à la façon des pandectes du droit Romain, auec annotations necessaires pour l'intelligence des lieux les plus difficiles / par Pierre Rebuffi, docteur en droict, & aduocat en Parlement ; on y a depuis adiosté plusieurs arrests donnez es Cours souueraines, fondez sur la teneur des ordannances : auec deux tables, l'une des rubriques, l'autre des principales matieres qui y sont contenues

Author: Rebuffi, Pierre, 1487-1557, ed

Image Title: French Crowns, Half-Crowns, and Francs

Description: A collection of French coins ranging from a half-crown (or demi-écu) worth twenty-five sous, to an old crown worth sixty sous. Most of these coins bear the names of sixteenth-century kings: Francis I (r. 1515-1547), Henry II (r. 1547-1559), and Charles IX (r. 1560-1574). The large coins on the page's right side, however, appear to belong to older kings. Of these coins, the final two are especially noteworthy: the franc à pied, first minted by Charles V of France (r. 1364-1380; depicted standing with a sword and the Hand of Justice), and the franc à cheval, first minted by John II (r. 1350-1364; depicted riding a horse with sword raised).

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