Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1889. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV. 1643-1715. AR Half Écu (13.58 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1655. LVD • XIIII • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed young bust right; long curl of hair, dot below last I of XIIII / (rosette) SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • • BENEDICTVM • 1655, crowned royal-coat-of-arms (arcs in caul); A mintmark below, small D under O of DOMINI. Duplessy 1470; Ciani 1850; KM 164.1. EF, toned, areas of porosity along edge. ($500)

The dot below the I is the different of the engraver Jean Warin, while the D is that of François Blaru.