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Birth of Louis XIV
Bronze medal ("bronze" and cornucopia struck on edge) ø 7.1 cm, obverse with head of Ludovicus XIII FR.ET.NAV.REX (Louis XIII king of France and Navarre), reverse showing the disposition of the zodiac at the moment of the birth of his son and heir the future Louis XIV, center with the legend ORTUS SOLIS GALLICI (rising of the sun of France) above the carriage of the sun and below the inscription SEPT V.HOR XI.MIN XXII.ANTE.MER. and Molart F.[ecit]. This, apparently a 19th century copy. A reference to the original is at http://www.archive.org/stream/histoiredvroylov01mene/histoiredvroylov01mene_djvu.txt. The same obverse used with a different reverse can be see at http://www.kunstpedia.org/articles/-3.html. 
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Birth of Louis XIV

Bronze medal ("bronze" and cornucopia struck on edge) ø 7.1 cm, obverse with head of Ludovicus XIII FR.ET.NAV.REX (Louis XIII king of France and Navarre), reverse showing the disposition of the zodiac at the moment of the birth of his son and heir the future Louis XIV, center with the legend ORTUS SOLIS GALLICI (rising of the sun of France) above the carriage of the sun and below the inscription SEPT V.HOR XI.MIN XXII.ANTE.MER. and Molart F.[ecit]. This, apparently a 19th century copy. A reference to the original is at http://www.archive.org/stream/histoiredvroylov01mene/histoiredvroylov01mene_djvu.txt. The same obverse used with a different reverse can be see at http://www.kunstpedia.org/articles/-3.html.

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