LOUIS XIII (1610-1643) Eight gold Louis with a laurel head. Work of Jean Warin, struck in Paris in 1640. Fluted edge. 53,55 g Head of the king on the right. Below, 1640 between two dots. R/ Cross formed of eight crowned L's and canted by four lilies. Letter A (Paris) in a circle in the center. D. 1295. C. 1608. Fr. 407. Provenance: Alexandrine Soleirol (1848-1883), who received it from her grandfather Joseph François Soleirol (1781-1863), a polytechnician, bibliophile, and numismatist whose prestigious collection of Byzantine coins was sold in Paris on July 19, 20, and 21, 1855, at Hôtel Drouot. Then by descent. Extremely rare. Of great beauty. Lot sold in collaboration with Astrid Guillon auction house

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