Counter for Marine pensions

Counter for marine pensions. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LVD . XIIII . D . G . FR . ET . NAV . REX.' Reverse: Stern view of two large ships, sails furled (right), another in distance (left). Legend: 'TVTI . QVOS . RECIPIT.' (Safe are they whom it receives.) Exergue: 'IVS . ANNVAE . PENSIONIS . CONCESSVM . MDCLXXXIII.' (The right of yearly pensions conceded 1683.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0598
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: 1683
People: King Louis XIV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 27 mm