Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 22 20 Sep 2017
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London, Holborn. Pidding's Lottery. AR. 2.72 gm. 20 mm. Fortune seated left holding a horseshoe; PIDDING'S OFFICE CORNHILL / Bust of Louis XIV right; LOUIS XVI RESTORED APRIL 24, 1814. Withers 1715. Davis & Waters p. 318:5. Extremely Fine; fresh surfaces; lightly toned with some iridescence; portrait not fully struck as typical for this issue.
This piece marks the result of Napoleon's 1814 fall and the restored Louis XIV who visited London, May 1814.