one side of the obelisk stands Fame, Janus-headed, inscribing
it with l y d . m a g . v i c t o e i m ax im o (To Louis, the Great, the
greatest Conqueror) ; on the other side kneels Minerva, with
Victory, and Pegasus behind, holding a medallion of Louis XIV.,
inscribed, e e s t i t v t o e i o b b i s c h e i s t i a n i (To the Restorer of the
Christian world), and encircled with the serpent of Eternity ;
around are flags and implements of war. The pedestal is
inscribed, h i l a b i t a s . p . g . p a c e p u b : B y sw ik a d n u t : e e g i s
s t a b i l i t a m .d c .Inc. (The joy of the French people at the general
peace concluded at Ryswick by command of the King, 1697.)
On the moulding, in small letters, b a e c e l o n n e , a t h . Leg.
f i n i t a . t e o p h c e i s B e l l a . (Wars concluded with trophies.)
2 -8. Van Loon, IV. 259. Trésor, Méd. Franç., Pt. III.
PI. xxxiv. 2.
MB. Æ. pewter. Bibl. Paris, lead. Gotha, Æ.
Rare.
The obverse of this medal, as figured in Van Loon, bears
the artist’s name, i . fo l k em a . f .
The names on the moulding commemorate two of the
successes obtained by French arms during the negotiations at
Ryswick. Ath, near Brussels, was invested by Boufflers 5 May,
and capitulated 5 June. Barcelona was attacked by the Due
de Vendôme 9 June, and capitulated 5 Aug. The loss of Barcelona
and the sacking of Carthagena about the same time
induced the Spaniards to submit to the terms offered by
Louis XIV. and to sign the treaty. The dates given above are
after the new style.
471. P ea c e o f R y sw ic k . ^ Sept. 1697.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, in cravat, armour, and
mantle tied in a knot on the shoulder. Leg. lv d o v icv s magnvs
e e x .
Rev. Inscription, lv d o v ico magno qv i b a ta v is d e b e l l a t is
HISPANIS TOTIES DEVICTIS SEQVANIS BIS SVBACTIS GEEMANIS
VBIQVE SVPEEATIS HOSTIVM CLASSIBVS FVGATIS ET INCENSIS
TOTI FEEE EVBOPAE CONIVEATAE ET FOEDEEATAE PACEM DEDIT
IMPEBAVIT anno MDCXCVii. (To Louis, the Great, who, having
defeated the Dutch, conquered several times the Spaniards,
twice subdued Franche-Comte, overwhelmed everywhere the
Germans, put to flight and burnt the fleets of his enemies,
gave peace to almost the whole of Europe conspiring and allied
against him, and commanded it [to be received] in the year
1 6 9 7 .)
3 -1 . Le Clerc, I. 1 5 6 .
No specimen of this medal has been met with. It was
originally executed to commemorate the Peace of Nimeguen, in
1 6 7 8 (See Van Loon, III. 2 5 8 ). The date was subsequently
altered to that of the Peace of Ryswick, to which event, therefore,
the inscription on the reverse is not wholly applicable.
This and the preceding medal do not belong to the French
official series.
4 7 2 . P e a c e o f R y sw ic k . 1 $ Sept. 1 6 9 7 .
Bust of Charles II. of Spain, r., on a pedestal, hair long, in
armour and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder: the
pedestal is inscribed, caeolo e e g n a n t e se cv n d o . (In the reign
of Charles II.) Leg. mav o b t e e x pv l so pax e x p e c t a t a e e d i -
v it . (War having been driven away, the hoped-for peace has
returned.) On truncation, p h . e . (Philip Roettier.)
Rev. The Elector of Bavaria, with a Marshal’s staff, on
horseback, I., trampling on fallen Turks. Leg. h o s t e s p e e -
c v s s it bavabvs tv eca sqv e s v b e g it . (The Bavarian defeated
the enemy and subdued the Turks.) Ex. ganda . m d c x c v ii.
(Ghent, 1 6 9 7 .) p h . e . (Philip Roettier.)
2 '2 5 . Van Loon, IV. 2 5 3 .
MB. iEt. Rare.
This and the following medal being the Spanish memorials
of the Peace, were executed at Ghent by Philip Roettier, the
youngest brother of John Roettier, the w’ell-known engraver to
the English Mint.
When the Turks besieged Vienna in 1 6 8 3 , the Elector of
Bavaria assisted the Austrians with an army of 1 1 ,0 0 0 men,
and compelled the enemy to raise the siege. For this great
service all the expenses, which the Elector had thereby incurred,
n 2