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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 8078677, member: 4298&quot;]Hi CT friends,</p><p><br /></p><p>The top 10s season has already started and is already among the best ever !</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though I didn’t buy a lot of coins, 2021 has been a good year in terms of new acquisitions. Some of them that make the top 10 were purchased from Leu web auction # 14 on december 12th, 2020, but since I received them in january, they actually belong to 2021 additions. </p><p><br /></p><p>They’re listed in no particular order, other than my inspiration to tell why I got them. The OP shows the three medieval and french royal in the selection, followed shortly thereafter by the ancient ones : enjoy !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Dombes, Anne Marie Louise d’Orleans - demi ecu 1665</b></p><p><br /></p><p>As I have lenghtly explained in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/feudal-a-most-tough-set-on-its-way.299461/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/feudal-a-most-tough-set-on-its-way.299461/"><b>this thread</b></a> the short series (5 coins only) of demi écu minted for « La Grande Mademoiselle » is a most tough one to put together. Finding in my lifetime the sole 1665 example in private hands was beyond expectation. The only known other example is at the <i>Bibliothèque nationale de France</i> (BnF). Either it was under the radars of other collectors, or not nice enough to their taste, I got it at 30% of my potential maximum bid. All in all, that makes it # 1 by a mile</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402468[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Anne Marie Louise d&#039;Orleans (1650-1693), Demi ecu– 1665</b></p><p>Atelier de Trevoux</p><p>AN .M .LVD .PRINC .SVPRE . DOMBA, Buste drapé de 3/4 a droite</p><p>(rose) DNS (trefle) ADIVTOR (rose) A (rose) ET . RED .MEVS . 1665 Ecu d&#039;Orleans couronné</p><p>13.44 gr</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 221 (le deuxième exemplaire connu), PA # 5219v,</p><p><i>Ex collection Christian Charlet</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Dombes, Louis II de Montpensier - denier tournois 1581</b></p><p><br /></p><p>At the other end of the spectrum is this very modest denier tournois. It’s been minted for another prince of Dombes, Louis II de Montpensier, Anne Marie Louise’s ancestor. Although his silver and billon coinage are easy to find (I would rate them as scarce to the most), the smallest denominations (i.e. doubles tournois and denier tournois) are rather rare. This one isn’t spectacular by any means, short flan, struck off center, poor style, showing encrustations, but I’ve only encountered a handful in my life. I’m considering having it professionally cleaned to enhance its attractiveness.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402467[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Louis II de Montpensier (1560-1582), Denier tournois type 2 - 1581</b></p><p>Atelier de Trevoux</p><p>+ L .D .B[OVRB . P .D] . DOMB[ES], Buste cuirassé a gauche</p><p>+ DENIE .TOVRNOIS . 1581. Deux fleurs de lis avec brisure</p><p>1,18 gr - 17 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 61v, CGKL # 718</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>France, Jean II le Bon - florin d’or</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is one beautiful coin. It would have been #1 without the demi ecu pulling it down. Since I have very hard time now finding Dombes coins still missing from my collection, I started lurking around for a new sub collection, and thought building a denominations set of nice specimens for one specific ruler might be fun. Jean II le Bon as been chosen, mainly because the first french coin called « franc » was minted under his rule, 1360 CE, to have him freed after he had been captured by the Britts. Other than that his coinage offers a variety of silver and billon emissions, rather hard to find in good condition which is quite challenging. To finish with, finding a XIXth century « Histoire monétaire de Jean le Bon, Roi de France » by De Saulcy got me hooked on that reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402472[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402473[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This florin, imitating that of Florence, Italy, the famous major currency of that time, is a rare denomitation for Jean II le Bon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402471[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Jean II le bon (1350 - 1364) - Florin d&#039;or - 1358 (Montpellier)</b></p><p>+ FRA• - •NTIA•&nbsp;&nbsp; Grande fleur de lis épanouie.</p><p>S•IOHA - NNES•B•(heaume)•&nbsp;&nbsp; Saint Jean-Baptiste debout de face, nimbé, vêtu d&#039;une peau de mouton, tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main gauche et bénissant de la main droite.</p><p>20 mm - 3,47 gr </p><p>Ref : Ciani # 362, Dy # 346</p><p><br /></p><p>To be continued</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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