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Philip of Anjou accepts the Spanish throne, commemorative medal struck in honor of Louis XIV, King of France
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Copper medal with a hole in it. Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: a French rooster seizes the Golden Fleece, which hangs from a Spanish pomegranate tree and is in vain guarded by a leopard and a lion with a bundle of arrows in its claws within an inscription; section: ornamental motif.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFilips van Anjou accepteert de Spaanse troon, rekenpenning geslagen ter ere Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk. 1700. Thomas Bernard. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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