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Gui Potier

Medal
1665 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

This bronze medal depicts Guy Potier, physician to Louis XIV of France, and Casimir V, King of Poland. On the reverse there is a club and torch in saltire, bound with a ribbon, encircled by a serpent biting its tail.


Object details

Category
Coins & Medals
Object type
Medal
TitleGui Potier
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Struck
Striking
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Gui Potier, club, torch, serpent.
Physical description
Medal, bronze, struck from a die; Gui Potier, physician to Louis XIV., and Casimir V., King of Poland. Obv.: GVIDO POTERIVS. REGVM. FRANC. ET. POLON. CONS. ET. MED. ROMAE. MDCLXV. Bust to right, wearing a cap. Rev.: A NVMINE VIRTVS. A club and torch in saltire, bound with a ribbon, encircled by a serpend biting its tail.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 1.625in
Marks and inscriptions
  • GVIDO POTERIVS. REGVM. FRANC. ET. POLON. CONS. ET. MED. ROMAE. MDCLXV
  • A NVMINE VIRTVS
Object history
Bought for £1. 4s. 9d.
Subjects depicted
Club
Torch
Ribbon
Serpent
Potier, Guy
Summary
This bronze medal depicts Guy Potier, physician to Louis XIV of France, and Casimir V, King of Poland. On the reverse there is a club and torch in saltire, bound with a ribbon, encircled by a serpent biting its tail.
Bibliographic reference
List of Objects in the Art Division South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1898. Arranged according to the dates of acquisition, with appendix and indices. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1902. pp.7
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
50-1898

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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