Dombes 1578 2 ecu d'or Fr-121

Goldberg NY International sale 58, lot 1004

Dombes in 1789

This specimen was lot 1004 in Goldberg's NY International sale 58 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "France: Dombes. Louis II of Bourbon-Montpensier (1560-1582). Gold 2 Ecu d'or or 1 Pistole, 1578. Crowned shield of Bourbon, leg: LVDO P DOMBARVM D MONTISP. Rev. Flowered cross, leg: DNS ADIVT AND REDEM MEVS, date, Well struck and lustrous. The only one graded at PCGS. In PCGS holder graded AU 58." The Dombes region lies south of Franch Comte and west of Savoy and was a fief of the Montpensier family.

Recorded mintage: unknown^[2].

Specification: 6.75 g, 0.958 fine gold, this specimen 6.62 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-121; Divo 24.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[2]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg NY International 2023 Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.

Links to:

• 1576 écu d'argent, mint officials' pass
• Dombes 1577 teston
• Dombes 1578 ecu d'or Fr-122
• Besançon 1578 demi-pistole
• Coins and currency dated 1578
• return to French royal coinage (to 1793)