Skip to main content

Louis XIII and Marie de'Medici: Louis's thirteenth birthday

(French, about 1579–1646)
(French, about 1577–1640)
1614
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze or copper alloy
DimensionsCoin or medal: 44 mm, 12h
Credit LineBequest of J. B. How
Accession number17.124
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed at edge "LVDO·XIII·D·G·FR·ET·NA·REX·CHRISTIANISSIMVS" and "1614". Reverse: Inscribed at edge "MARIA·AVGVSTA·MED·FR·REG·MODERATRIX".
ProvenanceBy 1917, J. B. How; 1917, bequest of J. B. How to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 1917)
Nicholas Briot
struck about 1674–5; circulated in New Jersey after 1681
Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet
early 19th century
Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet
1800
Nicolas-Guy-Antoine Brenet
1801
Nicola Cerbara
1846
Christ
1492–1500
Francois-Augustin Caunois
1825