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Louis XIII
Guillaume Dupré (French, 1574–1642)
French
1623
Mint: France
Medium/Technique
Metal; gilt brass (90% copper and around 8% zinc, and small amounts of lead and tin)
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 61 mm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number17.175
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Kress 566.
DescriptionCircular medal of Louis XIII (1601-1643), king of France. Pierced at top.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XIII looking to proper left, wearing lace collar, armor, and Nemean lion skin; inscribed at edge "LVDOVIC[VS].XIII D[EI].G[RATIA].FRANCOR[VM].ET NAVARAE REX" and under bust "G.DVPRÉ".
Reverse: Seated Justice looking to proper left, holding a sword in right hand and a scale in left with the constellation Libra depicted above; inscribed at edge "VT.GENTES.TOLLAT.QVE.PREMAT.QVE" and "1623".
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XIII looking to proper left, wearing lace collar, armor, and Nemean lion skin; inscribed at edge "LVDOVIC[VS].XIII D[EI].G[RATIA].FRANCOR[VM].ET NAVARAE REX" and under bust "G.DVPRÉ".
Reverse: Seated Justice looking to proper left, holding a sword in right hand and a scale in left with the constellation Libra depicted above; inscribed at edge "VT.GENTES.TOLLAT.QVE.PREMAT.QVE" and "1623".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LVDOVIC[VS].XIII D[EI].G[RATIA].FRANCOR[VM].ET NAVARAE REX" and "G.DVPRÉ".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "VT.GENTES.TOLLAT.QVE.PREMAT.QVE".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "VT.GENTES.TOLLAT.QVE.PREMAT.QVE".
Provenance1917, Horatio Greenough Curits; 1917, gift of Horatio Greenough Curtis to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1917.)