MDC Monnaies de Collection
1311
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
1311
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIV (1643–1715). Old die, the regency of Anne of Austria, by Jean Warin, undated (1645), Paris.
Obverse: ANNA. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REG. RE. R. MATER. LVD. XIV. D: G. FR. ET. NAV. REG. CHR. Facing busts of Anne of Austria, veiled, and Louis XIV, his hair held back by a headband.
Rev. Single-sided.
Mazerolle 60 – Jones 208; Bronze – 96.4 g – 94 mm – 12 h
With an antique, worked loop. Attractive brown patina. Superb.
Obverse of the medal designed by Jean Warin in 1645 to commemorate the reconstruction of the church at Val-de-Grâce. The Regent Anne of Austria had vowed to build a church there if God granted her a son, which came to pass in 1638
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