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Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil de Provenance 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498-1515
Duplessy 653A; Friedberg 332b, NGC graded MS-61 Aix-en-Provence, 3rd type. (crowned lis) LVDOVICVS XII REX PVIE COME A, crowned arms of France; sun above. Reverse: + XPS VI?CIT XPS REG?AT XPS IMPER A, cross fleurdelisée.
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Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil de Provence 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498-1515
Duplessy 653A; Friedberg 332a, PCGS graded AU-55 Aix-en-Provence, 3rd type. (crowned lis) LVDOVICVS XII REX PVIE COMES A, crowned arms of France; sun above. Reverse: + XPS VI?CIT XPS REG?AT XPS IMPERA, cross fleurdelisée.
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Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil du Dauphiné 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498-1515
Duplessy; Friedberg 330, PCGS graded XF-45 Crémieu. (crowned lis) LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORVM REX, arms of France and Dauphin; sun above. Reverse: (crowned lis) XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT, cross fleurdelisée.
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Louis XII King Ecu d’or au porc-épic de Bretagne 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1499
Duplessy 654; Friedberg 329, PCGS graded MS-63 Rennes, after 8 January 1499. LVDOVICVS D G FRANCOR REX BRITONV DVX, crowned arms of France between two crowned ermines; porcupine below. Reverse: + DEVS IN ADIVTORIVM…

Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil de Bretagne 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1499
Duplessy 649; Friedberg 327, PCGS graded AU-55 Nantes, after 8 January 1499. * LVDOVICVS D G FRA?COR REX BRITO?V DVX, crowned arms of France between two crowned ermines, sun above. Reverse: (ermine) DVS IN ADIVTORIVM…

Louis XII King Ecu d’or au porc-épic 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1507
Duplessy 655; Friedberg 325, PCGS graded MS-63 Paris. 19 November 1507. + LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORV REX, crowned arms of France between two porcupines. Reverse: + XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT ET IMPERAT, Achaean cross…

Louis XII King 1/2 Ecu d’or au soleil 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498
Duplessy 648; Friedberg 324, PCGS graded MS-62
It was with more than a little irony that the Duke of Orleans, Louis XII, succeeded Charles VIII in 1498 since he had actually fought against the king and the centralization…

Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498
Duplessy 647; Friedberg 323, PCGS graded AU-58 Lyon. 25 April 1498. (crowned lis) LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORV REX, crowned arms of France; sun above. Reverse: (crowned lis) XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT, cross…

Louis XII King Ecu d’or au soleil 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498
Duplessy 647; Friedberg 323, PCGS graded MS-62 Paris. 25 April 1498. (crowned lis) LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA FRANCORV REX, crowned arms of France; sun above. Reverse: (crowned lis) XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT, cross…

Louis XII As Duke of Milan, 1500-1513 2 Ducat 1498-1515
Louis XII, 1498-1512
Friedberg 704 (Italy), PCGS graded AU-55
Louis XII had hated Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, since 1495, when the duke, a former French ally, had betrayed Louis (then only the Duke of Orléans) at the Battle of…