1744 Jeton
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Bust of Louis XV facing left OPTIMO PRINCIPI / MDCCXLIIII
Statue of Louis XV on horseback at the Place Royale de Bordeaux |
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The statue depicted was by Jean-Louis Lemoyne and his son Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne II and erected in 1743. In the 1792 Revolution the ensemble was melted down for cannonballs.
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