Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. Damascened CU Medal (42mm, 30.00 g, 12h). On the Meeting of Kings on the Isle of Pheasants, 7 June 1660. By J. Mauger. Dated 1660 (in Roman numerals). LUDOVICUS XIIII · REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS ·, head right; J · MAVGER · F / REGUM CONGRESSIO ·, Louis XIV and Phlip IV, each royal regalia, standing vis-à-vis on entablature, shaking hands; mountains in background; PAX AD PIRENAEOS ·/M · DC · LX · in two lines in exergue. Cf. Divo 55; Pax in Nummis 225 var. (silver gilt). Van Loon II 447. EF. Very rare. A superb and perfectly preserved example of this technique .


Ex Nomos 17 (26 October 2018), lot 323.