Object Description
270 LOUIS XIV, The Citadel of Casale Surrenders to Louis XIV (1681), Jean Dollin/Jean Mauger
Obv. Head to right. Around, LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS; below, I D . . . LI . . . . F .
Rev. Louis, enthroned on dais at left, receives shield with the plan of Casale on it from kneeling female personification of Casale; behind her the Duke of Mantua hands his standard to Louis. Around, TUTELA ITALIAE . ; in exergue, CASALIS ARCE IN FIDEM | RECEPTA . | M . DC . LXXXI .
Bronze, struck, 41 mm.
From the first Uniform Series. A larger version of this reverse by Hercule le Breton exists (Jacquiot, no. 252).
Bibl.: Forrer 3, 621; Menestrier, no. 70; Louis XIV, p. 187 (adds XXX SEPTEMB . to reverse insc).