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[[Category:Silver ecus of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 146]]
 
[[Category:Silver ecus of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 146]]

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Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 151

This specimen was lot 151 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu aux insignes, 1701AA, Metz. 3e réformation (indiquée par un triangle sur sa pointe au lieu du trèfle). 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. Rare Fines griffes. Très Beau. Provient de la collection Teitgen, Paris, 26-28 octobre 2015, 903. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver écu of the insignia of 1701, Metz mint, third reformation (indicated by a triangle instead of a trefoil). Obverse: cuirassed bust right; reverse: crowned round arms of France over a baton and a scepter. Rare, fine scratches, Very Fine.)"

This écu aux insignes was struck 1701-03, mostly overstriking older écus ("flans reformés"). It was succeeded by the écu aux 8 L, 2éme type. Droulers[2] prices this date about 25% higher than the common 1701-A.

Recorded mintage: unknown, all rf.

Specification: 27.45 g, .917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 26,60 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 513, Dr/2 no. 420, L4L 292, KM 369.2, Dupl-1535B; Gad-220, Dav-1316.

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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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