Lot no. 711
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIV (1643-1715). Louis d'or à la perruque et aux huit L 1687, A, Paris.
Av. LVD. XIIII. D. G (different) - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Aged head of the King on the right, with a laurel wig; below (date).
Rv. CHRS - REGN - VINC - IMP (different). Cross formed of eight Ls leaning, each arm crowned, with (workshop) within a circle in heart, cantoned by four lilies diverging from the centre.
Dy.1432A - G.249 - Fr.426; Gold - 23 mm - 6 h
Top Pop: this is the finest graded example! From the Stéphane Gouffault collection.
PCGS MS62 (47408851).
Minimal traces of rolling to the right. Slight hairlines in the fields but very fresh, with the original brightness barely burnished. Superb at Fleur de coin.
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