CNG 94, Lot: 1697. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Demi-écu aux trois couronnes (23mm, 15.32 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: star/rosette. Dated 1709-A. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Three crowns arranged in a triangle, three lis between. Droulers 572; Duplessy 1569; Ciani 1938. EF, toned.

From the James Fox Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (9 November 1988), lot 661.