Coin from France Artist: Nuris (French)
Honorand: Louis XIV, King of France, French, 1638–1715, ruled 1643–1715

1677

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

4.77 g, 6:00, 25.7 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles Wyllys Betts, B.A. 1867, M.A. 1871

Accession Number

2001.87.28397

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: LVDOVICVS MAGNVS. REX. r. bust Louis XIV, long curly wig, large bulbous nose, turned-down mouth, furrowed brown, double chin, thick neck, no collar visible

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: INCENSA. BATAVORVM. CLASSA. winged Nike figure with body facing l. and head looking r., holding laurels (?) in raised r. hand and plume (?) in l. hand, on scrolled hull of ship with arrow coming out beneath
Provenance
Charles Wyllys Betts, to about 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1887 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

Marks

serrated edges

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