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France, Louis XIV the Sun King, 1643 - 1715
Under Louis XIV, the Sun King, France reached the apogee of its power. His reign began at age four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days; one of the longest of any European monarch. He fought three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg, and the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis converted a hunting lodge into the spectacular Palace of Versailles, and by compelling the noble elite to inhabit his lavish palace, he pacified the aristocracy and eliminated the remnants of feudalism. He consolidated a system of absolute monarchical rule in France that endured until the French Revolution.WO95141. Silver Ecu, Duplessy 1533A (1701W), Ciani 1907, Sobin 994, Gadoury 220, SCWC KM 329.20; overstruck on ecu de Flandre aux palmes (Duplessy 1528), VF, overstruck with undertype effects, toned, Lille mint, weight 27.265g, maximum diameter 42.2mm, 1701; obverse •LVD•XIIII•D•G• (sun) FR•ET•NAV•REX (Louis XIV, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre), cuirassed bust right, medusa on breastplate, obverse struck with an older die from ecu de Flandre aux palmes (Duplessy 1528); reverse BENEDICTVM (L) 1701 (clover) SIT•NOMEN•DOMINI (Blessed be the name of the Lord), crowned round arms of France, hand of justice scepter and lis scepter crossed in saltire behind, W below; undertype effects from ecu de Flandre aux palmes (Duplessy 1528) ; ex Karl Stephens (Temple City, CA); SOLD
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