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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. | 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:59, 23 December 2024
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[1] noted,
"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.)"
The auctioneers misdescribed this variety as having two "F's" and two lilies, which is the fifth type (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.
- 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 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
- (1519) demi-écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
- (1519) écu d'or au soleil, Paris mint, two "F's" and two lilies
- (1519) écu d'or au soleil, Lyon mint
- (1519) écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
- (1519)-B écu d'or au soleil, Bayonne mint
- (1519-28) écu d'or du Dauphine
- (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)