Double Gold Louis with four Ls - Louis XIV

Features

Issuer France
King Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1693-1695
Value 2 Gold Louis
Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition Gold (.917)
Weight 13.503 g
Diameter 29 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
27860
References Dy royales# 1439,
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.
Ciani# 1800 ; 1803
Louis Ciani; 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.

Obverse

Head laurel on the right. Vintage underneath.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LVD. XIIII. D. G. ☀️ FR. ET. NAV. REX
1694

Engraver: Joseph Roëttiers

Reverse

Four crowned fleurs-de-lis, arranged in a cross; four Ls in the corners. In the heart, the workshop letter, within a circle.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHRS.REGN.VINC.IMP. 🌙
A

Engraver: Joseph Roëttiers

Edge

Corded sliceAutomatically translated

Mints

A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
I Limoges, France (?-1837)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1693 A
1695 I

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