Childlike bust of Louis XIV on the right, short hair, laureate, draped and cuirassed in the antique style, wearing the order of the Holy Spirit.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LVD.
XIIII. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX
Reverse description
Crowned shield of France surrounded by the inscription.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
.SIT.
NOMEN. DOMINI. A .BENEDICTVM. 1643.
Edge
Smooth
Mint
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) D Lyon, France (?-1858)
Mintage
1643 A - (fr) Point ° - 121 265 1643 A - (fr) Rose * - 336 717 1643 D - - 1 200 1644 A - (fr) Piéfort, tranche: PONDERE SANCTUARII - 1644 A - (fr) Point ° - 297 027 1644 A - (fr) Point et étoile après REX - 1644 A - (fr) Rose * - 496 373 1644 A - (fr) Rose entre 2 points ° * ° - 356 356 1644 D - - 31 135 1645 A - (fr) Point ° - 651 513 1645 A - (fr) Rose * - 89 713 1645 A - (fr) Rose entre 2 points ° * ° - 113 851 1645 D - - 17 716