Deceptive peace proposals from Louis XIV, Silver Medal. Front: Louis XIV sitting on a chair under which a snake crawls, fishes with a fishing rod with paper with the inscription PAX hanging on Dutchmen, who are warned by Minerva. In the midst of the Dutch, a man with a lily is standing on the back of his coat and on his head snakes, within a circle, cut off: inscription. Reverse: hand with sword, wrapped with pennant and inscription and illuminated by celestial light, freedom hat and Bible lie on altar with a bundle of arrows on the side, laurel branch with snake between leaves falls to the ground. In the background Genoa, Palatinate and the Spanish Netherlands within a circle, cut off: inscription., Rhineland-Palatinate, Genoa, Southern Netherlands, Louis XIV (King of France), Jan Schmeltzing (I), Leiden, 1693, silver (metal), striking (metalworking), d 5.6 cm × w 77.14 gr
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Deceptive peace proposals, Louis XIV, black-and-white Medal, Front, Louis XIV sitting, chair under, snake crawls, fishes, fishing rod, paper, inscription PAX hanging, Dutchmen, warned, Minerva, midst, Dutch, man, lily, standing, back, coat, head snakes, within, circle, cut off, inscription, Reverse, hand, sword, wrapped, pennant, illuminated, celestial light, freedom hat, Bible lie, altar, bundle, arrows, side, laurel branch, snake, leaves falls, ground, background Genoa, Palatinate, Spanish Netherlands within, Rhineland-Palatinate, Genoa, Southern Netherlands, King, France, Jan Schmeltzing, I, Leiden, 1693, black-and-white, metal, striking, metalworking
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