Armored bust of Louis XIV facing right. Above, a sun. Below, the year, A cross formed of four groups of two Ls back to back beneath a crown cutting through the legend, flanked by four lilies; in the center, within a circle, the crowned mint mark., A rare type of the écu with eight Ls, struck on a new flan with a crowned mint mark. The example retains its original luster. There are some minor adjustment marks on the obverse and a tiny rolling flaw., LVD. XIIII . D. G. - FR. ET NAV. REX. // 1690, CHRS - REGN - VINC - IMP // L, DOMINE * SALVUM * FAC * REGEM