Temple is inscribed ia n y s , and is ornamented with the head of
the god. Leg. n em o im p u n e e e c l u d e t . (No one will open it
with impunity.)
Rev. The young Electoral Prince in Roman dress, facing,
leans on a gun : at his side his horse, held by an attendant.
Leg. v ir t u t is pra slud ia a vit a l (The proofs of his ancestral
valour.) Ex. r . (Philip Roettier.)
l -2. Yan Loon, IV. 253.
No specimen of this medal has been met with.
Joseph Ferdinand, the Electoral Prince of Bavaria, was the
grandson of Margaret Theresa, younger sister of Charles II. of
Spain, and was by the first partition treaty, in 1698, declared
heir to Spain itself, the Netherlands, and the Colonial possessions.
These arrangements were all upset by the death of
the Prince, 5 Feb. 1699.
478. P e a c e o f R y sw ic k . Sept. 1697.
Bust of Charles XII. of Sweden, r., hair long, in armour
and mantle round the breast. Leg. carolvs . x i i . d . a . r e x .
sv e c ia e . On truncation, monogram of a k . (Arvid Karlsteen.)
Rev. Charles, dressed as a Roman warrior and leaning on a
spear, presents an olive branch to Europa, crowned, with her
bull at her side. Leg. a v s p ic ivm . im p e r i i . f e l ic it a s . e v r o p a e .
(The augury of his reign is the happiness of Europe.) Ex.
p a c e . o r b i . c h r is t ia n o . pa r ta . RYSWici . a . 1697. (Peace
obtained for the Christian world at Ryswick in 1697.)
2. Yan Loon, IV. 275.
MB. jR. Rare.
This medal was executed at Stockholm, and is the Swedish
memorial of the Peace of Ryswick. A few days after the
appointment of the Congress at Ryswick, Charles XI. of
Sweden, who had promised to act as mediator between the
contracting parties, died, and was succeeded by his son Charles
XII., who accepted the duties of mediation which his father
had undertaken.
479. P e a c e o f R y sw ic k . Sept. 1697.
Bust o f Charles XII. o f Sweden. Leg. c a r o l v s x i i . d . a .
SVEC . GOTH . ET VAND . REX.
Rev. Neptune. Leg. p r ie s t a t c om po n e r e m o t v s . (It is
better to appease the tumult.—comp. Virg. Aen. i. 139.) Ex.
m e d ia t o r pa c is r isw ic e n . m .d c .i i i c . (The Mediator of the Peace
of Ryswick, 1697.)
•85.
Executed hy Christian Wermuth. No specimen of this piece
has heen met with, the description, which is very incomplete,
having heen taken from Wermuth’s Catalogue, 1698, No. 190,
p. 84.
480. P e a c e , o f R y sw ic k . •§§ Oct. 1697.
Bust of Louis XIV., r., laureate, hair long, in armour with
Medusa’s head on the breast. Leg. lv d o v icv s . magnvs . r e x .
c h r is t l a n is s im v s . Below, r . (Henri Roussel.)
Rev. Louis, as a Roman Emperor, presents an olive branch
to Gallia, suppliant before him. Leg. p a t e r p a t r ia l (The
Father of his country.) Ex. pax . cvm . g e rm . h i s p . a n g l .
e t . bat . 1697. (Peace with Germany, Spain, England, and
Holland.) R. (Henri Roussel.)
2-75. Med. Louis XIV., fol. 273. Van Loon, IV. 257.
MB. M . Very rare.
This is one of the series of large medallions. The obverse
does not correspond with either of the two plates quoted. As
this and the following medals refer to Germany as well as to
the other Powers who signed the treaty, they could not have
been issued till after -|^ October. (See No. 431, p. 160.)
481. P e a c e o f R y sw ic k . § § Oct. 1697.
Bust of Louis XIV., r . , hair long, no drapery. Leg. Lu d o v
ic o s MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS. Below, J . MAVGER . F .
Rev. Louis, as a Roman Emperor, presents an olive branch