Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1886. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV. 1643-1715. AR Écu (27.49 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1643. LVD • XIIII • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed young bust right; short curl of hair / (rosette) SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • • BENEDICTVM • 1643, crowned royal-coat-of-arms (arcs in caul); A mintmark below. Duplessy 1461; Ciani 1833; KM 144.1. EF, a few spots of die rust, old toning with underlying iridescence. ($1000)