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A copper counter with the head of Louis XIV & legend Ludovicus magnus rex

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1781

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 59v

Additional Source Text:

"Reverse Minerva holding an olive branch and leaning on Some palms and Laurels, round [cunctae frondi proponit olivam?]. exergue, ordinaire des guerras."

Notes:

Du Simitière's Louis XIV counter may have resembled this copper token from his reign.