Medal commemorating Toulon being made a Naval Base

Medal commemorating Toulon being made a naval base. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS'. Reverse: Plan of the harbour and fortified town, the goddess Pallas Athene with her Medusa shield seated on clouds above. Legend: 'TOLONI PORTUS ET NAVALE'. Exergue: 'M.DC.LXXX'.

Object Details

ID: MEC0745
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mauger, Jean
Places: France
Date made: 1680
People: King Louis XIV of France
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 41 mm