Watch List notes:

France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), The Canal de Languedoc, cast bronze Foundation medal, unsigned, 1667, armoured bust r., legend around, in ex. VNDARVM TERRAQVE POTENS ATQVE ARBITER ORBIS, rev. TOL VTRISQVE MARIS EMP – EXPECTATA DIV POPVLIS COMMERCIA PANDIT, cityscape of Toulouse, legend on scroll and around, 52mm. (BMC [Jones] 345; Trésor III, 14, 3), very fine though, as always, crudely manufactured
*ex Collection John Cooke, Beaconsfield.
The Canal de Languedoc ran from the Garonne, near to Toulouse, to the Port of Sète. The Foundation Stone was laid by the First President of the 'Parlement' of Toulouse, on the 17 November 1667 and it was then blessed by the Archbishop.
(150-200 GBP)