Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1232. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Écu aux insignes (27.15 g, 5h). Nantes mint. Dated 1702. Cuirassed bust right / Crowned round coat of arms, crossed scepter and arm of justice behind. Duplessy 1533; Ciani 1907. Good VF, toned. Overstruck on an Écu aux huit L and again on an Écu aux palmes.