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France, Famine Relief, 1662, a gilt medal by J. Warin, bust of Louis XIV right, rev. robed figure of Piety giving bread to a kneeling woman and her two children, 51mm (Jones 230; Mazerolle 40). About very fine; set into the centre of a silver bowl (£100-120)

Commemorates Louis’ action in distributing bread from the Tuileries during the famine of 1662