Help with a French brass jeton of Louis XIV?

lordmarcovan

I am assuming this to be circa 1685-1715 but would like to narrow it down some and find out anything else I can. I am pretty sure it is a contemporary piece- in my webcrawling, I found one with a similar portrait and obverse legend that was attributed as circa 1700.

Sorry for the poor scan. The pic might look a little grainy since I sharpened it to bring out some of the details.

Obverse: bust of Louis XIV right, ". LVDOVICVS . MAGNVS . REX ." Initial "N" below bust.

Reverse: caduceus with branches of some sort (which I think I've also seen on some Central/South American coins? The branches, that is, not the caduceus) surmounting three (water jugs? a fountain? goofy-looking cannons?),
". VICTORIS . CLEMENTIA ." (Merciful Victor? Victory With Clemency/Mercy? Which victory?)




Thanks.

kuhli

this website shows a piece like yours, with this information:



<< <i>LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX / N
(Louis le Grand roi signé N)

VICTORIS CLEMENTIA
(Victoire clémente)
3 rivières de Condé: Escaut, Haine, Hoeneau

Jeton en cuivre jaune du XVIIème siècle - 25mm (Feuardent 7385) >>

ozzysdad

LordM, I have been trying to idenify one myself...... Since i don't have any reference book's, I did find that searching several auction site's, Heritage, Stack's, TT, and last but not least, The Bay of e........ If you are lucky you might even attribution and a idea of what you have. Hope maybe this help's. BTW, Type Jetton in the yahoo searck and search under image's.

lordmarcovan

By golly, Kuhli got it! Thanks!