FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Forty-eighth of a shield with short fuse and long legend (Essay) 1644, A, Paris (rose). Av. LVD. XIIII. D. G. - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Bust of the King on the right, short hair, laurelled and draped. Rv. (different) SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM. (date). Crowned shield of France; (workshop) in exergue. Dy.1466 - Ciani 1838 - Clairand missing (test); Silver - 0.52 g - 14 mm - 6 h This is the second highest grade! NGC VF 30 (8583599-015). Very rare denomination "à la légende longue" and "à la mèche courte", also classified as an assay. Copy on a rather large blank, with a nice grey patina, of very nice quality for this type. TTB to Superb. According to Clairand (CGB 2023), this type is a trial struck by Isaac Briot and Jean Racle, at the Monnaie dite "de Matignon" (rose). It should be noted that in 1644, Jean Warin obtained authorisation from the King's Council to strike twenty-fourths and forty-eighths of a shield, of a slightly different design and known as "au buste drapé" (Dy.1467-1468).