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Gold Ecu - Louis XII
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1508-1512 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ LVD DEI GRACIA FRANCOR REX Z IANVE D |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT A C (Translation: Christ defeats, Christ rules, Christ commands.) |
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Louis XII struck these écus during the height of his Italian campaigns, a period when French royal finances were under sustained pressure from near-continuous warfare in the peninsula. The wars of Italy demanded massive payments to Swiss mercenaries and allied condottieri — gold coinage was not ceremonial but operational.
Duplessy 750 is a tight reference; minor die variations exist within the type but none have achieved the catalogued variety status that would split the attribution.