France 1569-R ecu d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 127, lot 1327

This specimen was lot 1327 in Jean Elsen sale 127 (Brussels, December 2015), where it sold for €360 (about US$462 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles IX (1560-1574), AV écu d'or au soleil, 1569R, Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. D/ Ecu de France couronné, sous un soleil. R/ Croix fleurdelisée. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Charles IX, 1560-74, gold écu d'or of the sunburst of 1569, Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon mint. Obverse: crowned arms of France below a sunburst; reverse: floriate cross. Very fine.)"

This coin is called the écu d'or au soleil in Duplessy[2] with a face value of fifty sols tournois and is noted with many variations in obverse and reverse legends. Sombart[3] reports none known of this date and only one for this mint, a 1565.

Recorded mintage: 1,110[3].

Specification: 3.37 g, 0.958 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Sb 4904, Fr-378, Duplessy-1057, Ci. 1343; Laf. 890.

Source:

  • [2]Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 127, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.
  • [3]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.

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