Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Medal - Louis XIV - Battle of Lens
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Year | 1648 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A standing allegorical figure of France, helmeted and draped, facing front, holding a long lance in her right hand and a large oval shield decorated with the fleur-de-lis in her left. At her feet lie fallen enemy standards, cannons, and military trophies. The date appears in the exergue in Roman numerals. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | LEGIONVM HISPAN. RELIQVIAE DELECTAE. AD LENTIUM. M.DC.XLVIII. (Translation: The rest of the defeated Spanish legions. In Lens. 1648.) |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |