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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1298
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €800
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIV (1643–1715). Half-louis d’or with a shield, 1691, 9, Rennes.
Obv. LVD. XIIII. D. G. (sun) - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Aged head of the King facing right, wearing a laurel-wreathed wig.
Rev. (mint mark) SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI (various) BENEDICTVM. (date). Crowned shield of France.
Dy.1436A - G.239 - Fr.430; Gold - 3.32 g - 20.5 mm - 6 h
NGC AU DETAILS CLEANED (8772189-029).
Reworking on a Paris demi-louis (A), with a very well-executed and almost imperceptible reworking. Beautiful strike on a fairly large blank. Lovely golden patina. Superb.
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