{"product_id":"france-louis-xiv-louis-d-or-a-la-tete-lauree-1659-amiens-pcgs-au58-top-pop","title":"FRANCE - LOUIS XIV - LOUIS D’OR À LA TÊTE LAURÉE 1659 AMIENS - PCGS AU58 - TOP POP","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-cf8e6589-7fff-30d2-b099-9bcc49f405a1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eLouis XIV (1643-1715), louis d’or au buste juvénile, laureate head, 1659, struck at Amiens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eObverse: youthful laureate head of the king right, with long curling hair, date 1659 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 X (Amiens) at the centre, within a circle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWell struck. Light wear on the high points. Attractive golden colour. Extremely rare for Amiens. About Uncirculated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTop Pop: this is the only graded example!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eNote: 1659 was the year of the Treaty of the Pyrenees, signed on 7 November. It ended twenty-four years of war with Spain and provided for Louis XIV’s marriage to the Infanta Maria Theresa. The king was then twenty-one. His portrait had left behind the child of the mèche longue type for the features of the young sovereign who would rule alone after Mazarin’s death in 1661.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59114378166603,"sku":"A718.23","price":37617.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0345\/3259\/files\/Captured_ecran2026-11-03a13.52.56.png?v=1793710393","url":"https:\/\/taittingernumismatics.com\/en-ea\/products\/france-louis-xiv-louis-d-or-a-la-tete-lauree-1659-amiens-pcgs-au58-top-pop","provider":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}