FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. Æ Medal (40mm, 29.16 g, 12h). Feast at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. By Mauger. Dated 1687 (in Roman numerals). LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRITIANISSIMUS, bare head right / REGIS ET POPULI AMOR MUTUUS, Louis enthroned right; to right, Paris kneeling left; table with food between them; in exergue, REG IN URB EPULUM CIVIB/ PRAESID ET MENSAM PRAEBENTIBUS/ M DC LXXXVII. Divo, Louis 219. Brown surfaces, minor marks, rusted dies. Near EF.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.