 Louis XV. The Avenger of Fraud, 1716. B-unlisted, B-unlisted. Obverse signed DU VIVIER on truncation; reverse signed D.V. (Du Vivier) in the right field. Silver. 41.6 mm. 499.7 gns. Obverse: Tall bust of adolescent Louis XV. LUDOVICUS XV. REX CHRISTIANISS. Reverse: Hercules and the thief Cacus (the die of B.125). Edge engraved M.D.M.L.A.N.B. 11 SEPTEMBRE 1786 within parallel guide lines. The obverse in neither Betts, the reverse the same die seen on the preceding but in a later state. Very Fine. Light gray color, some reverse lustre and iridescence. Slightly rounded rims 2.5 - 2.8 mm. thick, neither bevelled nor filed.
Ex Emile Bourgey on July 8, 1971.
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