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Gold Ecu with sun - Henry IV Type 4
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1590-1610 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
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| Obverse description | At center, the crowned royal arms of France — a shield semé of fleurs-de-lis — surmounted by a large ornate crown, all contained within an inner beaded circle. The circumferential legend, rendered in Gothic-influenced Latin capitals, reads HENRICVS IIII D G FRAN ET NAVA REX with the date 1594 positioned at the top of the field near the legend. The shield is rendered with fine detail, displaying three fleurs-de-lis in the traditional French heraldic arrangement. The overall style is characteristic of late sixteenth-century French hammered gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | HENRICVS • IIII • D : G • FRAN • ET • NAVA • REX • 1594 (Translation: Henry IV, by God`s grace, king of France and Navarre.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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