Description
France, Louis XII (1498-1515), Écu d’Or aux Porcs-épics, Louis XII was called Père du Peuple (the Father of His People), Bayonne mint, mintmark anchor, issue authorised 19 November 1507, + LV∂OVICVS : ∂EI : GRACIA : FRANCORV : REX :, crowned coat-of-arms with porcupines to sides. Rev. + XPS : VINCIT : XPS : RЄGNAT XPS : IMPERAT, cross achée; porcupine and L in opposite quarters, (Dupl. 655; Ciani 909; Fried. 325).
In NGC holder graded AU 55.
From the Richard L. Horst Collection.