4 Sols with 2 Ls of Bearn - Louis XIV

Features

Issuer France
King Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1691-1698
Value 4 Sols (⅕ LT)
Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition Silver (.7983)
Weight 1.631 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 14 March 1702
Number
N#
16415
References Dy royales# 1519
Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales / Tome 1 : de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793) (2e édition). Maison Platt, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Bust of Louis XIV on the right, draped, with the big wig.

Currency refrappée on the 4 sols of the Traitants.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LVD. XIIII. D: G FR. ET. NA. RE. BD.
1692 ★

Engraver: Joseph Roëttiers

Reverse

Two L's intertwined and affronted, between three lilies two and one, under a crown.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: DOMINE. SALVVM. FAC. REGEM.

Translation: Lord, save the King.

Engraver: Joseph Roëttiers

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Pau, France

Comments

Domine, salvum fac regem (Lord, save the King) is a motet which was sung as a de facto royal anthem in France during the Ancien Régime.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1691  44%
1692  44%
1693  0%
1695  0%
1696  14 040 6%
1697  7 572 0%
1698  4 248 6%

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