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1/4 Ecu - Antonio I
| Issuer | Monaco |
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| Year | 1707 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Monaco — a fusilly bendy argent and gules field composed of seven lozenges arranged in the traditional Grimaldi pattern — surmounted by a princely crown. The heraldic achievement is rendered in bold relief within the coin's field. A circular Latin legend reading AUXILIVM MEVM A DOMINO with the date 1707 surrounds the shield, punctuated by stops. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Antonio I ruled Monaco as a vassal of France under Louis XIV, and 1707 was a particularly precarious year — the War of the Spanish Succession had pushed French finances to the brink, and small client states like Monaco operated their mints under considerable political pressure to maintain stable coinage even as larger powers debased theirs. Antonio's silver issues from this period are genuinely scarce; Monaco's population was tiny and its mint output correspondingly limited, meaning surviving examples in any grade are infrequently encountered at auction.