Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666

Medal commemorating the alliance of France and Holland, 1666. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS XIIII . REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: France as Minerva, a spear in her right hand, holding a shield over Holland, who points to an altar between them, her lion reposing (right), a distant landscape (left). Legend: 'RELIGIO FOEDERUM.' (Treaties religiously kept.) Exergue: 'BATAVIS TERRA MARIQ . DEFENSIS . M . DC . LXVI .' (The Dutch defended by land and sea, 1666.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0729
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Places: France
Events: Second Anglo-Dutch War: Alliance of Holland with France, 1666
Date made: 1666
People: King Louis XIV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm