Louis XII (1498-1514) gold Ecu d'Or au soleil ND (from 1498) XF Details (Removed From Jewelry) NGC, Tours mint (pellet below 6th letter), Fr-323, Dup-647. 3.44gm. Emission from 25 April 1498. (crowned lis) LV∂OVICVS: ∂EI: GRACIA: FRANCORVM: REX (tower) (double annulet stops), small sun above crowned royal arms of France / (crowned lis) • XPS: VINCIT: XPS: REGNAT: XPS: IMPERAT (double annulet stops), cross fleurdelisée with quadrilobe at center. A coin executed with great clarity in the legends, and considerably nicer on the whole than are many circulated examples, even given its time spent in jewelry.

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