436, Lot: 777. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Écu aux huit L (43mm, 27.04 g, 6h). Grenoble mint; différents: dolphin and pellet to right. Dated 1704 Z. Cuirassed bust right / Crowned double L’s in cruciform, fleur-de-lis in angles, arms of France in center. Duplessy 1551A; Ciani 1924 var. (no scallop shell on rev.); KM 360.23. VF, a few scratches on obverse. Overstruck on an ecu with insignia type. Rare.