ECU: COIN OF FRANCE
1/12 ecu, 1665: Principality of Dombes (France)
Ruler: Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier — 19th Princess of Dombes.
DNS ADIVTOR ET REDEM MEVS: Latin "Dominus adiutor et redemptor meus" — The Lord is my helper and redeemer.
Arms of the Dukes of Orléans of the House of Orléans (fleur-de-lis, crown, lambel).
AN MA LOV PRINC SOVV DE DOM: French "Anne Marie Louise, Princess Souveraine de Dombes" — Anne Marie Louise, Sovereign Princess of Dombes.
Portrait of the Duchess.
A: sign of Paris Mint (France).
- Silver: 20 mm - 2.16 g
- Reference price: 20$
COIN ECU — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- FRANCE, different issuers (13th-18th centuries): ecu = 60 sol /at different times the ratio between the coins changed regularly; in addition, gold and silver ecu had different values/
About the name of the coin ecu: the name of this coin is closely related to the main element of its topic — the image of the royal coat of arms inside a triangular French shield (the so-called shield-ecu; French "écu").
In other countries, coins with shields had similar names: escudo (Spain; later — Portugal), scudo (Italy)...
