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France, Louis XIV, Subjugation of the Algerian pirates by the French fleet, 1684
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Louis XIV (1643-1715), King of France, the Sun King
AE - Bronze, 75.40g, 54.97mm, 0°
Medallists: Joseph Roettiers and Michel Molart
restrike 1880 (french mint)
Obv.: LVDOVICVS . XIIII - D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX
Bust, draped and cuirassed, r.
Signed R
Rev.: CONFECTO BELLO PIRATICO / AFRICA. SVPPLEX. M.DC.LXXXIV.
The king in the attire of a Roman general in front of the forepart of a
Roman galley l., one foot on a cannonball, accepts the submission treaty of the
Algerian governor, who kneels to his left; in the background sea with ships.
Signed D
On the rim BRONZE and CORNUCOPIA (French Mint after 1880)
Ref.: Catalogue General Illustre des Editions de la Monnaie de Paris (French Mint
1977)
> Legends: After the pirate war is over - Africa begging for mercy.
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