CNG 94, Lot: 1993. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Medal (41mm, 38.86 g, 12h). Commemorating the Capture of Piombino and Pontolongone During the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659). By J. Mauger anf J. Roussel. Dated 1646 (in Roman numerals). LVDOVICVS XIIII • REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, young head right / FIRMATA • SOCIORUM • FIDES (firmed (is) the allies’ trust), Italia, wearing mural crown, seated right on hilly ground, reclining on globe, holding spear and cornucopia; above to right, Victory flying right, head left, holding a mural crown in each hand; PLVMBINO ET PORTULONG •/EXP/M • DC • XLVI/R in four lines in exergue . Divo 22; Jacquiot pl. XI, 2 var. (different background view) . EF, toned.