Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Écu d'argent à la mèche courte (39mm, 27.50 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated 1644 A. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms. Duplessy 1461; Ciani 1833; KM 144.1. Near EF, toned.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex World-Wide Coins of California (James F. Elmen) XVI (16 November 1989), lot 43; John Work Garrett/John Hopkins University Collection (Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts & Bank Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 1012; T. Harrison Garrett Collection, purchased 1882. Possibly ex William Edward Woodward (6 March 1882), lot 1645.