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Token - Louis XIV - Galères royales - Et Decus et Terror Pelagi
| Location | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Louis XIV facing right with long flowing curled wig, surrounded by a toothed border. The Latin legend reads around the periphery, with a mintmark 'N' (for Nuremberg) visible at the bottom of the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | LVDOVICVS·MAGNVS·REX· N |
| Reverse description | A mermaid (triton figure) depicted frontally, rising from a turbulent sea with a shell or trumpet raised in one hand, her fish tail curling to the left; two galleys are visible in the background on the waves. The legend arcs around the upper field within a beaded inner border, with 'GALERES' and the date in Roman numerals separated by a horizontal line in the lower exergue. |
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