CNG 91, Lot: 1219. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AV Demi-louis d’or dit “de Noailles” (23mm, 6.13 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: quadrilobe/flower. Dated 1717, 1st and 2nd semesters. Crowned head left / Crowned cruciform coats-of-arms, lis in quarters; A in center. VG 335; Duplessy 1631; Ciani 2076 (Louis d’or); Friedberg 450. In NGC encapsulation graded MS63, traces of red tone and underlying luster.