CNG 100, Lot: 659. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AV Louis d’or – Mirliton (23mm, 6.56 g, 6h). Issued for Bearn. Pau mint; différent lion rampant. Dated 1723 (cow). Laureate head right / Crowned monogram between palm fronds. Duplessy 1638; Ciani 2083; VG 338a; Friedberg 459; KM 469. Good VF, some adjustment marks and striking weakness. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (28 March 1977), lot 37.