Token - Mariage of Louis XIV and Maria-Theresia

Location France
Year 1666
Type Utility token
Composition Copper
Weight 3.7 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s) Feu#13063, Gueant#486B
Obverse description Portraits facing. Lettering around, toothed brder
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering LUD·XIIII·ET·MAR·THER·D·G·FR·ET·NAV·REX· ·ET·REG·
(Translation: Louis 14th and Marie-Thérèse, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of France and Navarre)
Reverse description Landscape below, with the radiant Sun top left, on the Zodiac (Scorpio Leo Scorpio) top right. Date in exergue, lettering around, toothed border
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering AVDAX · IRE · VIAS 1666
(Translation: Audax ire vias A bold ways to go / He dares to travel the roads / Adventurous go on ways)
Mint
Mintage
Numisquare ID 9381358890
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