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Louis XV - États de Bretagne buste étroit, Nantes
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Period | 18th century |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Louis XV facing right, wearing draped armor with a narrow tunic, long curled hair falling to the shoulder. The circular legend reads around the bust, with the engraver's signature R. FILIUS in small lettering below the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | Crowned quartered shield set on an ermine-lined royal mantle adorned with fleur-de-lys, quarters 1 and 4 bearing the fleur-de-lys of France and quarters 2 and 3 bearing the ermine of Brittany. The circular legend with date appears around the device. |
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| Mint | Nantes, France (?-1837) |
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