Ex 1761 Auguste Wreck

416, Lot: 538. Estimate $150. Sold for $1200. 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 (42mm, 28.28 g, 6h). Bordeaux mint; différents: lis/pellet-in-anulet. Dated 1726 K. Bareheaded and armored bust left, wearing sash; lis below / Crowned royal coat-of-arms within olive wraeth; K below. Droulers 746; Duplessy 1675; Ciani 2117. VF, toned, sea salvage.

Ex Sedwick 21 (3 May 2017), lot 617. Recovered from the Auguste, sunk in 1761 in Aspy Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.