Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1887. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV. 1643-1715. AR Quarter Écu (6.83 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1644. LVD • XIIII • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed young bust right; short curl of hair / (rosette) SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • • BENEDICTVM • 1644, crowned royal-coat-of-arms (arcs in caul); A mintmark below. Duplessy 1463; Ciani 1835; KM 161.1. EF, multi-hued iridescent toning. ($300)