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[[Image:JE160-2224o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 2254]]
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This specimen was lot 2254 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$950 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, François Ier (1515-1547), AV écu d'or au soleil, 2e émission (mai 1519), point 18e, Paris. 4e type. D/ Ecu de France couronné entre deux lis, sous un soleil. R/ Croix fleurdelisée portant un quadrilobe en coeur, cantonnée de deux F et de deux lis. Léger tréflage au revers. Très Beau.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Francis I, 1515-47, gold écu of the sunburst, second emission of May 1519, dot under the 18th letter, Paris mint, fourth type. Obverse: crowned arms of France between two lilies under a sunburst; reverse: floriate cross with a quadrilobe at the center, cantonned with two "F's" and two lilies. Very fine.)"</blockquote> The auctioneers misdescribed this variety as having two "F's" and two lilies, which is the fifth type ([[France (1519)-B ecu d'or Fr-338|Fr-338/Dupl-775]]). This specimen is the fourth type, with two crowned "F's" and two coronets, which the auctioneers correctly state is Dupl-774/Fr-333. The weight and the fineness are very close.

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.42 g, .953 fine gold, this specimen 3,38 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-774; Ci. 1075; Laf. 638, Fr-333. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024. 

''Link to:''
* [[France (1512)-Lyon demi-gros]]
* [[France (1519) 1/2 ecu d'or Fr-337|(1519) ''demi-écu d'or au soleil'', Toulouse mint]]
* [[France (1519) ecu d'or Fr-338|(1519) ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Paris mint, two "F's" and two lilies]]
* [[France (1519)-Lyon ecu d'or Fr-345|(1519) ''écu d'or au soleil'', Lyon mint]]
* [[France (1519) ecu d'or Fr-345|(1519) ''écu d'or au soleil'', Toulouse mint]]
* [[France (1519)-B ecu d'or Fr-338|(1519)-B ''écu d'or au soleil'', Bayonne mint]]
* [[France (1519-28) ecu d'or Fr-354|(1519-28) ''écu d'or du Dauphine'']]
* [[France (1519-40) ecu d'or Fr-364|(1519-40) ''écu d'or au soleil de Bretagne'']]
* [[France 1550-A gros]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1519]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 160]][[Category:Gold coins of France]]