E below first draped bust left
good very fine to almost extremely fine and rare this nice
986 fineness (KM 2276
a little weaker on thigh of Britannia due to slight die clash
France, Louis XIV 1693-D Louis d'Or, Lyon E below first draped bustFrance, Louis XIV (1643 1715), gold Louis d'Or "aux quatre L", 1693 D, Lyon Mint, older laureate bust right, by engraver Joseph Roettiers, date below, LVD. XIII. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX, rev. CHRS. REGN. VINC. IMP., four cruciform crowned double L's, fleur de lis in angles, mintmark D at centre, crescent at end of legend, weight 6. 70g (Dup. 1440A; Gad. 252). First year of issue for the second reform, struck on a large flan with host coin barely