Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King), 1643–1715. Écu à la mèche longue (Silver, 39 mm, 27.25 g, 6 h), Montpellier, 1653. •LVD•XIIII•D•G-•FR•ET•NAV•REX• Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Louis XIV to right. Rev. SIT•NOMEN•DOMINI•-•BENEDICTVM•1653 Crowned coat of arms; below, N. Duplessy 1469. Gadoury 202. Minor flan fault on the obverse edge and with light adjustment marks on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.