France, Louis XIV, jeton on awarding the Orders of St. Michael and the Holy Spirit to King John III of Poland, n.d. (1675/6), Montpellier mint.
Obv. LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX; wigged head of Louis XIV, N below.
Rv. CONCORDIAE VINCVLVM; an asymmetric two-field cartouche with the Eagle and the Knight, a crown above, around it, collars of the Orders of St. Michael (inside) and the Holy Spirit (outside).
Bronze, 5.21 g, 25.7 mm. Czapski 2411 (R5); Drożdż 189-190.
Grade: near XF, indistinct scratch on the portrait, nice brown patina.
The token is a miniature of a medal by Joseph Roettiers and Jean Mauger for the same occasion (Czapski 9883). With the same obverse, tokens were struck a few years earlier to commemorate King John Casimir's arrival in France and his subsequent death.
