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Unknown French Coin For Attribution

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This weighs 2.4 grams and has a diameter of 20 mm.

I can see a partial inscription: ludovicius XV and a few other bits and pieces, but Much to my surprise it does not match any pieces in my catalogues. It appears to be billon.
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Design looks like this liard from 1720s, but metal and weight are not a match.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8753.html
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@tzdiema, Ithink that is it. It is terribly worn, which would account for the weight difference, and it just might be a funny toning which makes me think billon.
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Liards typically range from 2.1-3.0g. The weight listed
on Numista is at the high end. This 1720-BB liard on cgb is 2.4g.

Note that both the mint master's mark, a heart after "GRATIA" on the obverse and the engraver's mark, a six-pointed star after "REX" on the reverse also match with the cgb coin. So your coin must also be from the Strasbourg mint.
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