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Louis XIV
Jean Mauger (French, 1648–1722)
French
1650
Mint: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
Coin or medal: 41 mm, 12h
Credit Line
Bequest of J. B. How
Accession Number17.127
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." and under bust "I·MAVGER·F·".
Reverse: Church; inscribed at edge "OB GRATIAM DIV DESIDERATI REGII PARTVS·" and in exergue "M·D·C·L".
Obverse: Profile bust of Louis XIV looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "LUDOVICUS XIIII·REX CHRISTIANISS." and under bust "I·MAVGER·F·".
Reverse: Church; inscribed at edge "OB GRATIAM DIV DESIDERATI REGII PARTVS·" and in exergue "M·D·C·L".
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LUDOVICUS XIIII·REX CHRISTIANISS." and under bust "I·MAVGER·F·".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OB GRATIAM DIV DESIDERATI REGII PARTVS·" and in exergue "M·D·C·L".
Reverse: Inscribed at edge "OB GRATIAM DIV DESIDERATI REGII PARTVS·" and in exergue "M·D·C·L".
ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)