CNG 88, Lot: 1828. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Demi-écu aux rameaux d’olivier (32mm, 14.78 g, 6h). Paris mint; differents: fox/rosette. Dated 1726, 2nd semester. Mantled and draped bust left, wearing Order of the Holy Spirit / Crowned coat-of-arms within wreath. VG 313; Duplessy 1676; Ciani 2118; KM 484.1. EF, toned. Exceptional strike.