FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Médaille d'Or, Prise de Saint-Omer, after Roëttiers, Exemplaire du Président de la République Charles De Gaulle [1677], modern mint, Paris. Av. LUDOVICUS. MAGNUS. - REX. CHRISTIANISSIMUS. Laureate bust, draped and cuirassed, right; below signature R. Rv. EXERCITV. E. CASSELLENSI. PRAELIO. REDEVNTE. Louis XIV, triumphant, holding the baton of command in one hand, advances on horseback, preceded by Victory, wearing a laurel wreath, and followed by his generals. The town of Saint-Omer, represented by a woman in antique costume, crowned with towers and holding a shield in front of her, kneels as the king passes and presents him with the keys to the town; in the exergue: AVDOMAROPOLIS. DEDITA / (date) and signature R. Divo cf. 163; Gold - 244.8 g - 69.5 mm - 12 h Top Pop: this is the only engraved copy! Copy of the President of the Republic Charles De Gaulle, from a sale by the heirs of the latter. NGC MS 68 (8524354-001). With hallmark (horn) 3OR. On matt blank. Corner flower.