LOUIS XIV : HERCULES

ARONDEAUX, Regnier: France, ca.1690, Bronze, 56 mm
Obv: Louis XIV (r)    HERCVLES * GALLOR * AVGVST*
Rev: Nude Hercules standing with lion's skin and club    QVANTOS . MINIMOQVE . LABORE . LABORES .
Signed:  A
Ref: for obverse see Cat. Gen Paris p. 151, 52nd effigy;  Europese Penningen # 1684 (obverse)

For a brief biography of Louis XIV see Louis XIV: JUSTICE

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