Juvenile bust of Louis XIV at right, long hair, laurel, draped and cuirassed in the antique style; caption beginning at 19:00.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LVD •
XIIII • D • G • FR • ET• NAV • REX
Reverse description
Crowned shield of France; different workshop under the shield.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
SIT •
NOMEN • DOMINI •• BENEDICTVM •1672
Edge
Plain.
Mint
9 Rennes, France A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) B Rouen, France (?-1858) L Bayonne, France (?-1837) T Nantes, France (?-1837)
Mintage
1662 A - - 26 483 1663 9 - - 5 956 1663 A - - 11 873 1663 L - - 64 998 1663 T - - 1664 9 - - 132 498 1664 A - - 18 699 1664 L - - 1665 9 - - 132 498 1665 A - - 14 622 1666 A - - 68 189 1670 A - - 91 086 1672 A - - 109 753 1673 A - -