Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1890. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV. 1715-1774. AR Écu (29.25 g, 6h). Lille mint. Dated 1726. LVD • XV • D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX •, draped and cuirassed bust left; bar under bust / SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM ® 726, crowned royal-coat-of-arms within olive wreath; W mintmark below. Edge: DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM with leaf and lis seperators. Duplessy 1675; Ciani 2117; KM 486.22. Good VF, slight adjustment marks. ($300)

The bar below the bust is the different of the mintmaster François Baret de Ferrand, while the ® is that of the engraver Claude François Hardy.