268. P ea c e o e U t b e c h t . 1713.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., &c.; similar to the preceding. Below,
the artist’s name, i. m av g er . f .
Rev. Astrsea, or Peace, seated upon clouds, &c.; same as the
preceding. Leg. s p e s f e l i c i t a t i s o r b i s . E x . p a x u l t r a -
j e c t e n s i s . x i . a p r . m .d c c .x i i i . In the field, d . v . (Jean D u
Vivier.)
1-6.
MB. JR. M.
This is one of the smaller series of French historical medals
of Louis XIY. The obverses of the specimens in silver and
copper are from different dies : that in silver has under the
bust the monogram of t b . (Thomas Bernard.)
269. P ea c e o f U t r e c h t . f f Aprti1, 1713.
Bust of Louis XIY., r . , hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u d o -
victjs m agnus r e x c h r is t ia n is s im u s . Below, the monogram
of t b . (Thomas Bernard.)
269. Peace of Utrecht.
Rev. The city of Coutances, murally crowned, kneels, I.,
resting upon her shield, and presents a laurel wreath to Louis
XIV., habited as a Koman Emperor. Leg. l ib e r a t o r i . p a c i -
f ic o . (To the pacific Deliverer.) Ex. p r e f . in s . . c o n s . 1713.
(The Prefecture of Coutances, 1713.) i. c. r . (Joseph Charles
Roettier.)
1*6. ■ (See Woodcut.)
MB. iE. - Very rare.
This medal, although having the obverse similar to the preceding,
and ranging in size with the smaller official series of
Louis XIY., does not appear, however, to belong to it. Coutances,
anciently called Insula Constantina, is the capital of
Cotentin, the northern peninsula of Normandy. Why this city
was particularly induced to strike a medal upon this occasion
does not appear.
270. P ea c e o f U t r e c h t , f o p i , 1713.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, no drapery. Leg. l u d o -
■v ic u s m agnus r e x . Ex. coMiTiA o c ciTa n l e . 1714. (The
commune of Languedoc, 1714.)
Rev. An olive wreath enclosing the inscription, pa c e in it a .
1713. (Peace commenced, 1713—) Leg. cum . ang . bat . sab .
pr v s s . e t . L u s iT . (—with England, Holland, Savoy, Prussia,
and Portugal.)
1’2. Van Loon, Y. 231.
M. Dulau, M . Extremely rare.
This medalet or counter, struck by the community of Languedoc,
was evidently issued before the Emperor overcame his
reluctance to make himself a party to the peace, that is, before
the signing of the Treaty of Rastadt, It was probably a New-
year’s counter, struck on the 1st January, 1714.
271. P ea c e o f U t r e c h t . 1713.
Inscription,
ES 1ST FRIEDE UND 1ST KEINER
DAS MACHT MANCHER UND NICHT EINER.
(There is peace; but still no peace. Many treaties are concluded,
but still not one.)
Rev. Inscription,