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Medal commemorating the Peace with Algiers, 1684
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.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC0751 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mauger, Jean |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | Franco-Algerian War: Peace with Algiers, 1684 |
| Date made: | 1684 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |