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Jean Elsen sale 138, lot 1042

This specimen was lot 1042 in Jean Elsen sale 138 (Brussels, September 2018), where it sold for €340 (about US$472 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR quart d'écu aux insignes, 1702D, Lyon. 3e réformation. Avec buste du type aux palmes. D/ B. à d., cuirassé à l'antique. R/ Ecu de France rond, couronné, brochant sur une main de justice et un sceptre posés en sautoir. Belle patine. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver quarter écu of the insignia of 1702, Lyon mint, third reformation, with the bust from the quarter écu with palms. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned round arms of France over two sceptres. Nice toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Shown is a quart d'écu aux insignes (quarter écu with insignia) struck at the Lyon mint in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck 1701-03 in substantial numbers. There are also tenth, half and one écus struck during this period with this design. The issue uses obverse dies leftover from the quart d'écu aux palmes.

Recorded mintage: unknown, all rf[2].

Specification: 6.86 g, 0.917 fine silver, 29-30 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Joseph Roëttiers. This specimen is 6,65 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 696, Dr/2 № 429, Dupl-1535A; Gad-156.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 138, Collection A. BLONDEL, Collection M. HENDRICKX, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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