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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kdp8106, post: 785999, member: 22688&quot;]My main area of interest is Roman provincial coinage, but years ago I found in a junk box in Berlin a wonderful little coin of Louis XIV.&nbsp; (I spent 50 German pfennig for it, then put it in a drawer and forgot about it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was reading a biography of old Louis today and pulled out that coin, attempting to find a mention of it ANYWHERE on the net...but couldn&#039;t.&nbsp; Maybe someone here knows something about it ... whether it&#039;s a scarce variety or, perhaps, not a coin at all, but a token.&nbsp; Or even what the Latin inscription refers to.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is thin copper, about 30mm across.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the observe is a portrait of Louis facing right and the inscription &quot;Louis le Grand Roy de France&quot;&nbsp; (this, of course, I can translate).</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse, which is more interesting, has a large circle in the center from which a sunburst radiates.&nbsp; Around the sunburst are the signs of the Zodiac.&nbsp; Around the zodiac is the inscription: &quot;DECVS ADIICIT HOSPES.&quot;&nbsp; The coin is dated 1682.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any information would be interesting to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>And if a photo is necessary, well, I&#039;ll take one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kevin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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