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 · 1644
Edge
Smooth
Mint
A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) D Lyon, France (?-1858) S Troyes, France
Mintage
1643 A - Point ° - 909 656 1643 A - Rose * - 666 682 1644 A - Piedfort - 1644 A - Point ° - 1 373 098 1644 A - Rose * - 2 509 802 1644 A - Rose between 2 points ° * ° - 211 864 1644 D - - 512 918 1645 A - Point ° - 1645 A - Rose * - 1 444 534 1645 A - Rose between 2 points ° * ° - 104 270 1645 D - - 462 204 1648 D - - 1 930 1649 D - - 14 124 1650 D - - 1 926 1651 D - - 8 987 1651 S - -