Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1888. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV. 1643-1715. AR Half Écu (13.64 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1645. LVD • XIIII • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX, laureate, draped and cuirassed young bust right; short curl of hair / • SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • • BENEDICTVM • 1645, crowned royal-coat-of-arms (chevrons in caul); A mintmark below. Duplessy 1462; Ciani 1834; KM 163.1. EF, attractive iridescent toning. ($500)