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Gold Ecu with sun of Provence - Louis XII 3rd type
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1498 |
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| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1498: ND (1498) |
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Louis XII inherited the French claim to Milan through his grandmother Valentina Visconti and launched his Italian campaigns almost immediately after taking the throne in 1498 — the same year this ecu was struck. The "sun of Provence" mintmark places production at Aix-en-Provence, a mint brought into heavy use as royal financial demands escalated with Italian military ambitions.
The Fr#332a designation distinguishes this as a transitional subtype within the third emission. Relatively few examples surface with full, unweakened strikes from the Aix facility.