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FRENCH GUIANA: Louis XIV, 1643-1715, AE medal (30.34g), 1676, Lecompte-2, Betts-50, 41mm bronze medal for the retaking of the Ile de Cayenne by Mauger, bust of Louis XIV right with LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS. around // Neptune carried by his horses while holding flag and trident with BATAVIS CAESIS. above and CAYANA RECUPERATA / M DC.LXXVI. in exergue, original strike, a few field marks, plain edge, VF. At the beginning of May 1676, Dutch admiral Jacques Blinck attacked the island of Cayenne and forced the French garrison of Fort Sanit Michel to surrender. As soon as this news was known in France, Louis XIV sent Count Jean de Estrees, vice-admiral of the French fleet, with some ships to take the island back from the Dutch. The French squadron arrived at Cayenne on the first days of December, and on the 19th of the same month, after a vigorous attack, the Dutch garrison surrendered to the French. It was to commemorate this event that Louis XIV caused this medal to be struck.

Estimate: 125-175 USD