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<p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, Royal. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV</a>, le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. 
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<dl><dd>AR Ecu <i>à la mèche courte</i>, reverse, 1644, 'A' Paris mint. Diameter 39 mm. 27,10 gr. Jean Varin different <i>rose</i>, mint : 496 373 ex. Private collection.
<dl><dd><dl><dd>LVD XIIII D G FR ET NA REX, laureate and draped young bust right</dd>
<dd>SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM 1649, crowned coat-of-arms.</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd>
<dd>Duplessy 1469; Ciani 1849; Gadoury 245.</dd>
<dd>Near EF, toned. Well struck.</dd></dl></div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jean_Varin" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jean Varin"><span title="French sculptor">Jean Varin</span></a>
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