World Gold
Lot 2221 Session 7 (11.30am Thursday) World Gold
Estimate $1,800
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,000
FRANCE, Louis XV, (1715-1774), ecu d'or, 1718W, Lille mint, obv. young laureate head to right of Louis XV, rev. the cross of Saint Espirit (a Maltese cross), three lis in centre, (KM 438.18, C.2078, Dup 1633). Attractive golden peripheral tone, weak in centre of reverse, otherwise good very fine and rare.
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Lot 2221 This lot
FRANCE, Louis XV, (1715-1774), ecu d'or, 1718W, Lille mint, obv. young laureate head to right ...
Estimate $1,800
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