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Lot n° 476

Ancien Régime, lot of thirty-five patinated bronze...

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Ancien Régime, lot of thirty-five patinated bronze medals: thirty-four with the profile of Louis XIV, two of large module, 1678, Louis the Great, 86 mm and 1680, War and Commerce, 73 mm, thirty-two of the 41 mm model, with the profile of the King by Mauger, 1663, the flourishing France, 1664, establishment of manufactures, 1666, gratifications granted to people of letters, 1667, the new Ordinance, 1667, capture of Tournai and Courtrai, 1670, re-establishment and increase of the Navy, 1672, naval battle of Solebay, 1672, the King holding the seal, 1674, second conquest of Franche-Comté, 1674, second capture of Dôle defeat of the Dutch at 12827ique, 1675, the Germans driven out of Alsace, 1676, the island of Cayenne taken back, 1677, capture of the fort of Tabago, 1677, battle of Cassel, 1679, marriage of Marie-Louise d'Orléans with King Charles II of Spain, 1683, Strasbourg fortified, 1690, conquest of Savoy, 1691, capture of Mons, 1692, battle of Steenkerque, 1693, the flourishing navy, 1696, defeat of the Dutch fleet near Texel, 1697, capture of Cartagena in America, 1699, equestrian statue of the King erected in Paris, 1700, Chamber of Commerce, 1700, union of France and Spain; one with the profile of Louis XV by Du Vivier, 1720, Peace with Spain, ten in old striking, the others in refrappe. France, 18th, 19th and 20th century.