LOUIS XV son of Louis dauphin and Marie Adélaïde de Savoie - Lot 197

LOUIS XV son of Louis dauphin and Marie Adélaïde de Savoie September 1, 1715 - May 10, 1774 LUDOVICUS XV - D G - FR - ET - NAV - REX. Young bust of the king, laurelled, cuirassed and draped draped right. Below, J.C.ROETT: F . R/. PACIS FIRMANDÆ EREPTUM PIGNUS. Pledge removed for assurance of peace. Three lines of exergue: FONTARABIA CAPTA XVI. JUN. MDCCXIX. France extending an olive branch to Spain. Behind France, D.V. Smooth edge. ♦ Nocq 45; Divo 24 Silver medal by Roëttiers and Du Vivier 1719. (35.27 g) Ø 41.20 mm Capture of Fontarabie on June 16, 1719. Superb. The capture of Fontarabie took place on June 16, 1719 by Jacques I Fitz James, Duke of Berwick. He was born in Moulins, Bourbonnais, on August 21, 1670 and killed on June 12, 1734 at the siege of Philippsburg. The natural son of King James II Stuart, he was made Marshal of France in 1706. Fontarabie or Fontarrabia is a municipality in the province of Gipuzkoa in the autonomous community of the Spanish Basque Country, located on the French border on the left bank of the Bidasoa, opposite Hendaye.