LOUIS XV 1715 - 1774 - Lot 203

LOUIS XV 1715 - 1774 LUD - XV - D - G - FR - ET - NA - RE - BD (linked). His bust left, draped, head bare. Below, lily between two dots, mark of Roussel d'Inval. R/. CHRS - REGN - VINC - IMPER. Small scalloped cross, mark of Pierre Du Fau and date. Two oval shields crowned with the arms of France and Navarre. Underneath, vaquette. Strung edge. ♦ Fr 461; Dy 1640 Louis d'or au Lunettes de Béarn 1728 Pau. (8,15 g) Original stripes on reverse. T.B. From the Trésor de la rue Mouffetard (original pocket 602). Trésor de la rue Mouffetard, Paris. It's 87 years to the day since the Trésor de la rue Mouffetard was accidentally unearthed on May 24, 1938 at 53 rue Mouffetard in Paris by workers demolishing the building. It consisted of 3,210 gold coins from the reign of Louis XV.