World Silver and Bronze Coins (A - France)
Lot 3023 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday) World Silver and Bronze Coins (A - France)
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $120
FRANCE, Louis XIV (1643 - 1715), silver ecu, 1653N, (26.94 g), Montpellier mint, obv. LVD. XIIII. D.G. FR.ET. NAV.REX, laureate bust to right, rev. .SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM. 1653, crowned arms of three lis, rose above crown, N at base, (D.3799, KM.155.12). Fine, very rare and an unlisted date.
Ex Dr V.J.A.Flynn Collection and previously Status International Sale 301 (lot 7080), also Noble Numismatics Sale 103 (lot 2257).
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