Token - Louis XIIII - Truncum Caput Abidit Undis

€2.00
LocationFrance
Year1673
TypeUtility token
CompositionCopper
Weight5.6 g
Diameter26.5 mm
Thickness2 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
EdgePlain
Period
Reference(s) Feu#12656
Obverse descriptionCuirassed bust of Louis XIV right, legend around.
Obverse letteringLVD. XIIII. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionHercules leaning on his club left, raising horn of bull-formed Achelous (in the form of a bull); Achelous on left, running away into reeds; date in exergue.
Reverse letteringTRVNCVM CAPVT ABDIDIT VNDIS. . 1673.
(Translation: He tore his mutilated head from the waves.)
Reverse scriptLatin
Mint
Mintage1673  - -
Catalog ID7474661650
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