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Louis XIV
Probably by: Jean Mauger (French, 1648–1722)
French
1685
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry H. Fay
Accession Number13.831
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
Catalogue Raisonné
Médailles sur les Principaux Evénéments du Règne de Louis le Grand.
DescriptionCircular medal of Louis XIV (1638-1715), king of France.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XIV looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "LUDOVICUS XIIII·REX CHRISTIANISS·".
Reverse: Louis XIV stands at proper left before throne, receiving three men bringing gifts and a banner above; inscribed on banner "GENUA OBSEQUENS" and in exergue "DUX LEGATUS ET/DEPRECATOR·/M·DC·LXXXV".
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XIV looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "LUDOVICUS XIIII·REX CHRISTIANISS·".
Reverse: Louis XIV stands at proper left before throne, receiving three men bringing gifts and a banner above; inscribed on banner "GENUA OBSEQUENS" and in exergue "DUX LEGATUS ET/DEPRECATOR·/M·DC·LXXXV".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUDOVICUS XIIII·REX CHRISTIANISS·".
Reverse: Inscribed on banner "GENUA OBSEQUENS" and in exergue "DUX LEGATUS ET/DEPRECATOR·/M·DC·LXXXV".
Reverse: Inscribed on banner "GENUA OBSEQUENS" and in exergue "DUX LEGATUS ET/DEPRECATOR·/M·DC·LXXXV".
ProvenanceBy 1913, Henry H. Fay; 1913, gift of Henry H. Fay to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 1913)