World Medals, USA/France, Louis XV (1710-1715-1774), the Régiment de la Calotte, bronze medal, by Joseph Charles Roettiers, Momus, God of Mirth, enthroned amid clouds, holding sceptre with jester's head, RIDERE REGNARE EST, rev. coat of arms, a shield emblazoned with the moon in three phases above a jester's head on a field of bees, a jester's cap with rat and pennant above, supported by monkeys in livery holding smoking cornucopiae, LUNA DUCE AUSPICE MOMO, 44.5mm. (Adams S-3; Betts pp. 66-70, note 3), pierced in outer rim, very fine, rare
*ex Baldwin's vault
See also Betts, 'Descriptive List of Medals Relating to John Law and the Mississippi System', Boston 1907.