France (1475)-Montpellier ecu d'or Fr-314
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This specimen was lot 22485 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, ND. Tours Mint. Louis XI (1461-83). NGC AU-50. Nearly full legends on both sides. Lustrous and attractive." This écu d'or au soleil superseded the écu d'or à la couronne from earlier in the reign. The dot under the O of LVDOVICVS is in the fourth position, indicating Montpellier, not Tours as noted in the auction description. It had a face value of 33 sols tournois. The legend should start with a crown.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, .963 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-314; Dupl-544; Ciani-745.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome I, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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