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Écu d'or à la couronne - Charles VII
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1423-1429 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Central device consists of the royal arms of France — a shield semé of fleurs-de-lis (three fleurs-de-lis arranged two over one in the French post-1376 manner) — surmounted by a large ornate crown with elaborate floral and trefoil finials. The shield is set within an inner circle with a beaded border. The surrounding legend in Gothic lettering reads KAROLVS X DEI X GRACIA X FRANCORVM X REX, separated by cross stops, running clockwise between two concentric beaded circles. The flan is characteristically irregular in shape, as typical of hammered medieval coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features an elaborate Gothic cross fleurdelisée, its four arms terminating in fleurs-de-lis and separated by four crowned fleurs-de-lis set within a quadrilobe frame formed by cusped arches. The overall design creates a highly ornate interlaced pattern typical of late medieval French royal coinage. The surrounding legend in Gothic lettering, separated by star stops, reads XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* INPERAT — the traditional Christus vincit acclamation — running between two concentric beaded circles. The irregular hammered flan displays the characteristic surfaces of early fifteenth-century French gold coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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