Louis XIV

Louis XIV, naval action off Beachy Head [Bévéziers], French copper medal, 1690, by J. Mauger, bust right with flowing hair, rev., naval trophies of captured British and French ships, MERSA ET FVGATA ANGLORVM ET BATAV CLASSE, 41mm (MI 708/120; Divo 229; MH 108). Extremely fine.

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

Provenance: Bt. iNumis, April, 2011.