CNG 85, Lot: 1346. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. AV Louis d’or à la tête nue (23mm, 7.65 g, 6h). Lyon mint; Jean-Claude Gabet, mintmaster; Jean Humbert Bernavon, engraver. Dated 1786. Head left; mintmaster’s mark below / Crowned conjoined coats-of-arms of France and Navarre; mintmark below shields; engraver’s mark and date in legend. VG 361; Duplessy 1707; Ciani 2183; Friedberg 475. EF, lustrous, struck with clashed dies, a few small scratches.