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Louis Henri Joseph: Edict of 1724
Benjamin Duvivier (French, 1730–1819)
French
1724
Mint: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 60 mm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. B. How
Accession Number17.152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionCircular medal of Louis Henri Joseph (1692-1740), duke of Bourbon and Enghien, prince of Condé, commemorating the edict of 1724 against heretics.
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis Henry looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "LUD.HEN.DUX BORBONIUS PR.REG.ADMINISTER" and under bust "DU VIVIER·F·".
Reverse: Personifications of Peace at proper right and Plenty at proper left, wearing classical costumes; inscribed at edge "ORDO FIDESQUE PERENNANT" and "DU VIVIER·F·" and in exergue "M.DCC.XXIV".
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis Henry looking to proper right; inscribed at edge "LUD.HEN.DUX BORBONIUS PR.REG.ADMINISTER" and under bust "DU VIVIER·F·".
Reverse: Personifications of Peace at proper right and Plenty at proper left, wearing classical costumes; inscribed at edge "ORDO FIDESQUE PERENNANT" and "DU VIVIER·F·" and in exergue "M.DCC.XXIV".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUD.HEN.DUX BORBONIUS PR.REG.ADMINISTER" and under bust "DU VIVIER·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "ORDO FIDESQUE PERENNANT" and "DU VIVIER·F·" and in exergue "M.DCC.XXIV".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "ORDO FIDESQUE PERENNANT" and "DU VIVIER·F·" and in exergue "M.DCC.XXIV".
ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)