407, Lot: 668. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Demi-écu à la mèche longue (33mm, 13.56 g, 6h). Bayonne mint; Martin de la Borde, mint director. Dated 1651 L. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms. Droulers 475; Duplessy 1470; Ciani 1850; KM 164.12. VF, toned, obverse struck with worn die.

From the B.H. Webb Collection.