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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 304

(x) France, Louis XIV, 'le roi soleil' (1643-1715), Louis d'Or à la mèche longue, 1658-&, Aix-en-Provence, infantine laureate head right, rev. eight Ls saltire around mintmark, lis in angles, edge milled, 6.71g, 12h (C.1787; Gad. 245; Dr. 206; Dupl. 1422; Dr.2/216; Fb. 418 [1646-1661]), edges smoothed from ring mount and brighter surfaces, otherwise residually lustrous, especially in reverse fields, a remarkable an 'anachronous' survivor from the provincial mint of Aix, almost very fine, extremely rare, no parallel traced for date on CoinArchives

Provenance
The George Webber Collection of World Gold Coins

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
$1,300

Starting price
$300