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LOT 3564
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. Extremely Fine.(182gr, 72mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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