File:France c1521 ecu dor obv JElsen 122-855.jpg

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This specimen was lot 855 in Jean Elsen sale 122 (Brussels, September 2014), where it sold for €600 (about US$919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, François Ier (1515-1547), AV écu d'or au soleil du Dauphiné, s.d. (1521-1527), Grenoble. 2e type. Droit: Champ écartelé de France-Dauphiné sous un soleil. Différent: rosette et E en fin de légende (Etienne Nachon). Revers: Croix fleurdelisée cantonnée de deux F couronnés. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Francis I (1515-47), gold écu d'or au soleil du Dauphiné without date (1521-27), Grenolbe mint, second type. Obverse: quartered fields with dolphins and fleur-de-lys beneath a sun; privy mark: rose and "E" at end of legend; reverse: floriate cross with two crowned "F's" in the fields; very fine to extremely fine.)"

Ref.: Dupl., 783; Ci., 1083; Laf., 646. 3,38 g.

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