Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Écu au bandeau (41.5mm, 28.87 g, 6h). Grenoble mint; différents: pellets flanking dolphin/turned over crown. Dated 1744 Z. Bare head left, wearing hair tied with a headband / Crowned round coat-of-arms of France within olive sprays. Duplessy 1680; Ciani 2122; KM 512.25. Good Fine, toned, a few minor edge marks. Rare. Only two examples in CoinArchives.

Ex George Sobin Collection of French Ecus (Lepczyk, 7 March 1977), lot 1105.