FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Satirical medal, siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys after the capture of Béthune, Douai and Saint-Venant by the Allies, by G. F. Nürnberger 1710, Nuremberg. Av. REMEARE. RENVNCIARE. RENVMERARE / SOCIORVM SEPI INCANTANTVM [Return, renounce, restore is the song of those who sing in the hedge]. View of the citadel and town of Aire-sur-la-Lys. In the foreground, a unicorn, an eagle and an armed lion breaking through the palisades. Above the town, a musical score with notes and RE SOL LA RE RE. In the exergue: CAPTA IX. NOVEMB. / CICICCCX [Taken on the IX of November 1710] and signature N. Rv. VICTORIAS CARBONE NOTAT, DECEM, DECEM ANNORVM DISCORDIA, / HINC SOL(is) CA LA MI TAS [Ten victories marked with black charcoal, during ten years of discord, make the sun suffer]. On a table, partly raised fleurdelisé cloth, with a score SOL LA RE on a lectern, the hand of Justice behind and a partly hidden sun, all surmounted by DVRA. VIS. CIS. CITRA [Hard end below]. In the exergue: S. GERTRVD. SVRD. XXV IVL. SEPES / BETHVN. DISRVPT. XXX AVG. / S. VENANT. MIGRAT. / XXX SEPT [Gertruidenberg deaf on XXI July. The hedge of Béthune broken on XXX August. The dislodging of Saint Venant on XXX September]. Hawkins, II, n° 221 - VL IV, p.598 - coll. Montenuovo 1320 - Forrer, IV, pp.289-292 ; Silver - 29,72 g - 43 mm - 12 h PCGS Genuine Cleaned-AU Detail (55951507). Embossed edge: EX CASTELLIS HESPERIAE- TOT MILIA NVMVM- HAEC AVRES PATVLAS SOCIORVM DENVO REDDENT [So many thousands of ecus drawn from the castles of Spain will still make the allies open their ears]. Minor handling marks and minor wear in the fields. Pleasant grey patina. Rare. Superb. This medal alludes to the siege of the town of Aire and the demands made by the allies at the Hague conferences, which Philippe REtourna en France, REnonça à l'Espagne et REstitue ce qu'il a pris, rhymes in RE repeated in the tune of the Allies' song, with the note RE three times. The tune ARIA is also a pun on the name of Aire-sur-la-Lys. The note SOL is an allusion to the Sun King, whose emblem disappears behind the score. This medal appears to be by Georg Friedrich Nürnberger, possibly in collaboration with Martin Brunner.