BUILDINGS AND HISTORY Medal, Hermitage of Louis XIV



Type: Medal, Hermitage of Louis XIV

Date: (1714)

Mint name / Town: Monnaie de Paris

metal: bronze

Diameter: 89.5mm

Weight: 299.9g.

Edge: smooth + BRONZE horn

Puncheon: BRONZE horn



OBVERSE

Obverse legend: 1714.

Obverse description: Wayside cross in the undergrowth, wooded landscape in the background, deer and rabbit in the foreground, all surrounded by a wreath of palms, a sun at the top and a vintage in the exergue. Signed: A. RAOUL GR..



REVERSE

Reverse legend: IN THIS BEAUTIFUL FOREST / WHERE THE BIRDS SING / AND THE DEERS ARE KINGS / I WILL BUILD A HERMITAGE / TO REST / THE FASTES OF VERSAILLES / LOUIS XIV.

Reverse description: Caption in 7 lines under two Ls in capital letters, surrounded by granulation.







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