1076032 | FRANCE. Louis XIV. (King, 1643-1715). (1709) ND Bronze Medal. NGC SP64. By M. Brünner and G.F. Nürnberger. Paris. 43mm. 35.97gm. CYLLENIVS HAERET ET COELVM MARS SOLVS HABET. (Mercury is slow to rise, and Mars reigns in the sky.). With the sign of Mercury behind the king and the sign of Mars above, Louis XIV consults his astrologer; a telescope in his hand and a globe on a table at right / QVEM DA FINEM REX MAGNE LABORUM! (When will you, great king, put an end to our evils. Cited from Virgil). The king standing in front of his throne facing an allegorical figure of France presenting the misery of the people, famine, war and sedition. van Loon IV-562.1; KPK 2206; Julius 722.

On the failed peace negotiations with Louis XIV in The Hague.

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From a series of Dutch satyrical medals, the subject of this piece deals with negotiations held in The Hague which failed to achieve any degree of peace between France, Holland and England because of the War of the Spanish Succession.