*France, Louis XIV (1643-1715) and his mother Anne of Austria, uniface bronze medal, c. 1645, half-length busts of Louis XIV as a six year old and his mother facing each other, the child playing with the tassel on her gown, rev., with incuse impression of obverse, 95.8mm (cf. Jones, BMC, 208; Mazerolle Warin 60), plugged and with trace of mount on reverse, an extremely fine early cast with brown patina The medal is normally found with a reverse of the Church of Val-de-Grâce in Paris, the foundation stone of which was laid on 1 April 1645. (£500 - 700)