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Auction: 374 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NYINC
Lot: 305

(x) France, Louis XIV, 'le roi soleil' (1643-1715), Louis d'Or aux 8-L aux insignes, 1702 over 1-A, Paris, infantine laureate head right, rev. eight Ls saltire around mintmark, lis in angles, edge milled, 6.67g, 6h (Dupl. 1443A; Gad. 253; Fb. 436), some die cudding to reverse, the fields bright but lustrous with scattered surface marks, seemingly struck on a virgin flan, a really bold very fine, the overdate clear, rare thus

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
$500