FRANCE - LOUIS XIV - LOUIS D’OR À LA TÊTE LAURÉE 1668 LYON - NGC MS61

Louis XIV (1643-1715), louis d’or au buste juvénile, à la tête laurée, 1668, struck at Lyon.

Obverse: youthful laureate head of the king right, with long curling hair, date 1668 below. Legend LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX. Reverse: cross of eight addorsed L’s in pairs, each arm topped by a crown, a fleur-de-lis in each angle. Legend CHRS REGN VINC IMP, for Christus regnat, vincit, imperat. Mint letter D (Lyon) at the centre, within a circle.

Minimal flatness on the locks of the obverse. Attractive golden toning. A few minute hairlines. Mint State.