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1966.131.17.b

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Louis XV

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Artist

Jean Le Blanc (ca. 1676 - 1749)

Title

Louis XV

Creation Date

1721

Century

18th century

Dimensions

1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.17.b

Object Description

282 LOUIS XV (1710-74), King of France, 1715, Audience of the Turkish Ambassador (1721)

Obv. Bust to right. Around, LUDOVICUS XV . REX CHRISTIANISS . ; on truncation, LE BLANC . F .
Rev. Turkish ambassador bowing before the king on dais. Around, SPLENDOR NOMINIS GALLICI . ; lower left, I . B . ; in exergue, ORATOR IMP . TURCARUM | M . DCC . XXI .
Bronze, struck, 41 mm.

Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 195; Louis XV, no. 20; Medailles Francaises, no. 26 (rev.), p. 215.