Silvered bronze medal bonus granted to scholars
Obverse Louis XIV right
Legend: LUDOVICUS XIIII REX CHRISTIANIMUS (Louis XIV, the very Christian King)
Exergue: J.MAUGER.F
Reverse with Liberality as a standing female figure dressed in the antique manner holding a cornucopia, surrounded by Music, Poetry, History and Astronomy, holding a trumpet, a lyre, a sphere and tablets
Legend: BONAE ARTES REMUNERATAE (fine arts award)
Exergue: MDCLXVI
Engraver: Jean Mauger
Date: 1666
Diameter: 42 mm
Weight: 34 grams
Modern bail