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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 185

France (Royale), Louis XII (1498-1514), Écu d'Or 'aux porcs-épics', struck 19 November 1507, Rouen, + LVDOVICVS : DEI : GRACIA : FRANCORV : REX • annulet colon stops, pellet below first A of GRACIA, crowned shield of France, flanked by porcupines, rev. + XPS : VINCIT : XPS : REGNAT : XPS : IMPERAT • pellet at 6 o'clock, cross achée, alternating porcupines and lombardic Ls in angles, 3.34g, 12h (CGB e-Auction, 12 September 2017, lot 192 same dies; C. 909; L. 598; Dupl. 655), usual clashing of dies, otherwise lightly toned and residually lustrous, a pleasingly good very fine, rare

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