Triton XVI, Lot: 1371. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Quart d’écu aux huit L (28mm, 6.46 g, 6h). Tours mint. Dated 1692 E. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross composed of eight L’s, with four crowns at ends, four lis in quarters, and mintmark ME at center. Duplessy 1516A; Ciani 1892. EF, toned. Exceptional.