ALGÉRIE - ALGERIA Louis XIV (1643-1715). Medal, bombardment of Algiers and liberation of the slaves, by Mauger 1683, Paris. Av. LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS. Head of Louis XIV on the right; below, signature I. MAVGER. F. Rv. CIVES A PIRATIS RECUPERATI. Minerva, goddess of Valour and Prudence, standing on the left, presents her aegis to a corsair who falls to her knees frightened, and on the other holds two slaves whom she has rescued; in the exergue: ALGERIA. FULMINATA/ (date). Ruedas XIII - Esc.III - Divo 196 ; Copper - 27,14 g - 41 mm - 12 h From an iNumis sale, 5 December 2018, n° 46 (Jean Lecompte collection) then Pierre-René Bauquis collection. With a brown patina. Finger marks. Superb in Fleur de coin.