FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Louis d'or à la mèche longue 1649, A, Paris. Av. LVD. XIIII. D. G. (different) - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Child's head of the King right, laureate, with a lock descending on the neck; below (date). Rv. .CHRS. - .REGN. - .VINC. - .IMP. Cross formed of eight Ls leaning, each arm crowned, with (workshop) in a circle in heart, cantoned by four lilies diverging from the centre. Dy.1422 - G.245 - Fr.418 ; Gold - 6.71 g - 25 mm - 6 h NGC AT 58 (8360794-013). A triangle under CHRS. With its mint brightness barely burnished in the fields. Superb to Fleur de coin.