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Token - Louis XIV - Galères royales - Aquilonum Despicit Iras
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1702 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of Louis XIV with long flowing curled hair, within a reeded border. The surrounding legend reads LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX, with the engraver's initial B in the lower field below the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | LUDOVICUS. MAGNUS REX. B |
| Reverse description | Amphitrite seated and riding a large shell or conch chariot drawn left by two hippocampi across the waves, with rays of sunlight breaking through storm clouds above. A small letter R mintmark appears at lower right. The surrounding legend reads AQVILONVM . DESPICIT . IRAS, meaning 'She scorns the wrath of the north winds.' |
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