Triton XVI, Lot: 1376. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Écu aux rameaux d’olivier (41mm, , 6h). Troyes mint. Dated 1737. LUD • XV • D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX (pierced trefoil) •, bust left wearing cross of the L’Ordre du Saint-Esprit / SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM (poppy in full bloom) 1737, crowned oval coat-of arms of France within wreath of olive branches; mintmark below. Duplessy 1675; Ciani 2117; VG 321. In NGC encapsulation graded AU DETAILS, “surface hairlines” on reverse. Attractively toned and well struck for issue.