Lot 3946

1/12 Ecu 1643-1665, lot of ca. 54 pcs, probably (part of) Turkish hoard; most of them holed (38x, so not holed 16x), one countermarked – content: Type ‘à la mèche courte’ (Gadoury 111): 4x 1643 A, 1x1644 D; holed: 2x 1644 A - Type ‘à la mèche longue’ (Gadoury 112): 1x 1658 &, 1x 1660 I; holed:1x 1646 A, 1x 1658 D, 3x 1658 &, 1x 1658 & undetermined COUNTERMARK in arabic script, 2x 1659 I, 1x 1659 N, 1x 1659 &, 2x 1160 E -DICTM, 2x 1660 I - Type ‘au buste juvénile’ (Gadoury 115):1x 1659 A, 1x 1660 B, 1x1661 A, 1x 1661 I, 3x 1662 A, 3x 1662 D, 1x 1663 D; holed: 1x 1659 B, 1x 1660 A, 2x 1660 B, 1x 1661 A, 2x 1661 I, 1x 1661 D, 1x 1661 &,1x 1662A, 1x 1662 D, 1x 1662 N, 1x 1662 R, 2x 1663 &, 1x 1665 & - Type ‘du Dauphiné au buste juvenile’ (Gadoury 116): 1x1661 Z; holed: 1x 1661 Z – NB This type of coin was massively exported to the Ottoman Empire in the 1660’s, where it was accepted at high rate, and was imitated in smaller mints in France and Italy as well as in Zwolle