France. Louis XIV ‘the Sun King’. AR 1/2 écu au buste juvénile (13.47g, 33mm). Bayonne mint. Dated 1660. Duplessy 1484

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France. Louis XIV ‘the Sun King’. AR 1/2 écu au buste juvénile (13.47g, 33mm). Bayonne mint. Dated 1660. Obv.: .LVD. XIIII. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX, laureate, draped and armored bust right. Rev.: SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. A .BENEDICTVM. 1655, crowned coat-of-arms. Duplessy 1484; Ciani 1863; KM 202.9. Adjustment marks, VF.