Louis XIV

Louis XIV, French conquest of the Island of St. Christopher, West Indies, French copper medal, 1666, by J. Mauger, bust right with flowing hair, rev., American Indian princess seated on rock holding the French shield, COLONIA FR. STABILITA, 41mm (MI 517/163; Divo 90; Betts 42). Choice extremely fine, trace of inked numeral 124 in reverse field.

From the series of medals depicting Medallic History of Louis XIV.

Provenance: Bt. iNumis, April, 2011.