Object Description
240 HENRY II 1552
Obv. Bust to right, laureate, in cuirass. Around, HENRICVS . II . GALLIARVM REX INVICTISS . P P .
Rev. Fame, Abundance and Victory on Quadriga to right. Around, OB RES IN ITAL . GERM . ET GAL . FORTITER AC FOELIC . GESTAS; in exergue, EX VOTO PVB I 1552
Gilt bronze, 55 mm.
Commemorates victory over Emperor Charles V. (See note to no. 241.)
Bibl.: Arm. 3, p. 285 B; Naples, p. 198; Supino, no. 818; Mazerolle 2, no. 99; Tresor France i, pl. 12, 1; De Haye, no. 27; Robert, p. 59, no. 3; Van Mieris 3, p. 314, 2; W. McA. Johnson, "Numismatic Propaganda in Renaissance France," Art Quarterly 31 (1968), pp. 123-53 (p. 124 on the obverse legend, 139; figs. 26 a, b; 30 for related drawing).