Large bronze medal. Henri IV and Marie de Médicis are depict - Lot 132

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Large bronze medal. Henri IV and Marie de Médicis are depict - Lot 132
Large bronze medal. Henri IV and Marie de Médicis are depicted standing face to face, as Mars and Pallas Athéna, shaking hands; between them, a child Louis XIII wearing the helmet of Mars, one foot resting on a dolphin; above, an eagle comes from the sky, bringing the crown held in its beak; inscription all around, PROPAGO IMPERII (I propagate the Empire). Bélière. After Guillaume Dupré, 1605, early but later cast. ø 18.2 cm The Latin legend borrowed from the Emperor Caracalla and his wife Plautila clearly indicates the monarch's desire to be portrayed as the heir to the Roman Empire.
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