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Gold Ecu with sun of Dauphiné - Louis XII
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1498-1514 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
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| Obverse lettering | ⚜♕ LVDOVICVƨ : DEI : GRACIA : FRAnCORV : REX (Translation: Louis, by God`s grace, king of the Franks.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Louis XII inherited the Dauphiné as part of the French royal domain, and the sun mintmark used on this issue identifies it as struck at the Crémieu or Romans mint — both operating under Dauphiné jurisdiction. The écu au soleil type had been fixed by ordinance since Charles VIII's reforms of 1475, which standardized the solar device above the shield specifically to distinguish royal French gold from the flood of imitation écus circulating from neighboring territories.
The .963 fineness held firm across Louis XII's entire reign, one of the few monetary constants during a period when Italian campaign expenses repeatedly strained the royal treasury.