Triton XXII, Lot: 1245. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AV Double louis d’or au bandeau (29.5mm, 16.29 g, 6h). Grenoble mint; différents: dolphin/inverted crown. Dated 1744/3 Z. LUD · D · G · FR · ET NAV · REX, head left, with hair tied in bandeau; below, small dolphin left / CHRIS · REGN · VINC · IMPE (inverted crown) 174(4 over 3), two coats-of-arms; crown above, Z below. Droulers 718; Duplessy 1642; Ciani 2087; KM 519.20; Friedberg 463 (unlisted mint). EF, very minor hay marks. Rare, and with an overdate unlisted in the cited references.