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Description: | Medal commemorating the peace with Algiers, 1684. Obverse: Head of King Louis XIV in a long wig with curls on the neck (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.' Reverse: King Louis IV dressed as a Roman warrior standing by an antique galley, gun, etc. (left), stretching his hand above the Algerian ambassador, who kneels before him. Legend: 'AFRICA SUPPLEX.' Exergue: 'CONFECTO BELLO . PIRATICO . M . DC . LXXXIIII.'
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace with Algiers, 1684; obverse
caption: Medal commemorating the Peace with Algiers, 1684; reverse | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Louis XIV King of France J Mauger | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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