436, Lot: 774. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Douzième d'écu au buste juvénile du Dauphiné (20.5mm, 2.22 g, 6h). Grenoble mint. Dated 1661 Z. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed juvenile bust right / Crowned quartered shield of Dauphine. Duplessy 1488; cf. Ciani 1871; KM 210. EF, attractively toned, some scratches in fields on obverse. Rare.