Unpublished Obverse Legend
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 986. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Demi écu à la mèche longue. Limoges mint; François Malbay, engraver general. Dated 1651 I. LVD • XIIII • D • G (ladle right) F • FR • ET • NAV • REX, laureate, draped, and curiassed young bust right / • SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • • BENEDICTVM • 1651, crowned coat-of-arms of France; I below shield. Duplessy 1470A var. (obv. legend); Ciani 1850 var. (same); VG 169 var. (same); KM 164.10 var. (same). EF, toned with trace of underlying luster. An upublished obverse legend variety.