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Écu d'Or - Charles VIII
| Issuer | Monnaie royale de France |
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| Year | 1483-1494 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a crowned fleur-de-lis coat of arms of France, consisting of three fleurs-de-lis arranged in heraldic fashion beneath a large royal crown of elaborate Gothic style. The shield is set within a beaded inner circle, with the surrounding legend in Gothic Latin characters reading KAROLVS DEI GRACIA REX FRANCO. The overall design reflects the ornate late Gothic artistic conventions of the late fifteenth-century French royal mints, with the hammered flan producing a characteristically irregular planchet edge. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features an elaborate floriated cross pattée with a fleur-de-lis terminating each arm, forming a cross cantonnée design. At the center of the cross a small decorative motif is visible, typical of Carolingian-derived royal iconography. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding Latin legend, invoking Christ as victor, king, and ruler, reads XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT in Gothic lettering, a traditional Christogram formula used on French royal gold coinage throughout the medieval period. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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