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medal

Object NameMedal with Louis XIV

Made FromCopper

Dateabout 1870-1900

Place MadeFrance, Paris

Techniqueminted

SizeOverall Diam: 5.2 cm, Th: .5 cm

Accession Number86.7.8

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rubloff, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDark brown copper; minted. Flat, circular disk; the obverse with male bust-length portrait, with long, curly hair, facing sinister; inscribed below "DE PUYMAURIN D" and "CAQUE F"; inscribed around the edge "LOUIS XIIII ROI DE/FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE"; the reverse inscribed "LOUIS XIV SURNOMME LE GRAND./ 65eme. ROI./FILS DE LOUIS XIII./NE 1638./ROI 1643./ABOLITION DU DUEL 1679./REVOCATION/DE L'EDIT DE NANTES 1685./PHILIPPE V, ROI D'ESPAGNE 1700./PAIX GENERALE/1715./MORT 1715."; impressed "CUIVRE" and with a hand pointing at the inscription at the left, on the rim.
Provenance

Source Arthur Rubloff - 1986-03-24

Source Sotheby's - 1986-03-24