FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. Æ Medal (40mm, 34.87 g, 12h). Expedition to Ghent. By Mauger. Dated 1678 (in Roman numerals). LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS, bare head right / CELERITAS ET PROVIDENTIA, personification of Foresight seated left, holding cornucopia, receiving arrow from Diligence alighting right, holding winged hourglass; tent in background to right, view of Ghent in background to left; in exergue, EXPEDITIO GANDAV/ M DC LXXVIII. Divo, Louis 169. Brown surfaces. EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.