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Jeton - Compagnie d'assurances solidaire du Havre
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1783 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of King Louis XVI in high relief, wearing a draped garment with elaborate lace collar and powdered wig with queue. The circular legend surrounds the portrait, with the engraver's name GATTEAUX inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | LUDOVICUS XVI REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS |
| Reverse description | Hercules, depicted as a muscular figure struggling with the Cretan bull, wrenches off its horn and presents it as a cornucopia to Hygieia, goddess of health, who stands elegantly draped on the right. The scene is set against a naturalistic background with reeds, and the legend appears in the upper field and along the lower exergue. |
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