View source for Provence (1382-84) franc à pied Fr-215

[[Image:JE160-0769o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 769]]
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[[Image:Orange 1453 shepherd.jpg|525px|thumb|southeast France at the end of the Hundred Years War]]

This specimen was lot 769 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,393 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, PROVENCE, Comté, Louis Ier d'Anjou (1382-1384), AV franc à pied, Avignon. 1er type. Au titre de duc de Calabre. D/ LVDOVICS: DVX- KALABRI: AND' Le duc deb. de f. sous un dais gothique, ten. une épée et la main de justice. Le champ fleurdelisé. R/ Dans un quadrilobe anglé, croix cantonnée de deux lis et deux couronnes. Rare. La tranche irrégulière. Très Beau. Provient de notre liste 256, mai 2011, 520.'' ([[France]], county of Provence, Louis I of Anjou, 1382-84, gold franc on foot, Avignon mint, first type, with the title of duke of Calabria. Obverse: the duke stands, facing, under a gothic dais, holding sword and hand of justice, with fleurs-de-lys in the field; reverse: within an angled quadrilobe, a cross cantonned with tow lilies and two crowns. Rare, irregular edge, very fine.)"</blockquote> This is one of two gold coins from this ruler, the other being a rare écu d'or (Fr-214).

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.82 g, gold, this specimen is 3,75 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Rolland 102; P.A. 4047; D. 1690; Fr-215.

''[[Bibliography|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. 
* <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:''
* [[Provence (1343-52) franc a pied Fr-208]], Jeanne de Naples
* [[Provence (1389-1417) sol coronat]], Louis II d'Anjou
* [[Coins and currency dated 1382]]
* return to coins of [[French royal coinage (to 1793)|Provence]]

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