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1966.131.9.a

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Louis XIV (1638–1715), Audience Granted to the Pontifical Legate 1664

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Artists

Jean Dollin (1725); Jean Mauger (Dieppe, 1648 - 1722)

Title

Louis XIV (1638–1715), Audience Granted to the Pontifical Legate 1664

Creation Date

ca. 1702

Century

19th 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

1966.131.9.a

Object Description

Jean Mauger/Jean Dollin, 265 LOUIS XIV, Audience Granted to the Pontifical Legate (1664)

Obv. Head to right. Around, LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS . ; below, I . MAVGER . F
Rev. Louis XIV seated in court dress at left, listens to Cardinal Chigi, seated at right. Around, CORSICVM FACINVS EXCVSATVM; in exergue, LEGATO A LATERE MISSO | M . DC . LXIV . ; on rim, BRONZE
Bronze, struck, 41 mm. (Restrike)

From the first Uniform Series.

Bibl.: Jacquiot, no. 214 (reverse); Jacquiot, Medailles, p. 170, pl. 32, 5; Forrer 3, p. 618; cp. Louis XIV, p. 79 (insc. in exergue adds XXVIII JULII to MDCLXIV).