Agnel d'or (the gold lamb)

In 1311 Philip IV issued the gold agnel, the gold lamb, and set gold-and-silver bimetallism up again. The standard was about 3.14 grams of pure gold; surviving pieces run to about 4.07 grams and 23.5 millimetres across. The face carries the Lamb of God, the back an ornamented cross in a quatrefoil frame. Issued by the king who had made war money by debasement and then angered the people by returning to good coin, this gold went on being struck down to the time of Charles VII. It is the unexpectedly long-lived legacy of the Fair King, who made people suffer by handling the coinage.