Token - Louis XIII - King's Council - Death of Henri IV and Coronation of Louis XIII

Reverse

A star shining in the sky and the sun setting behind the waves.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OCCASV. INCLARVIT. ORTUS
. 1611 .

Edge

Plain

Comment

The cosmic image on the reverse illustrates the end of the reign of Henri IV, assassinated in 1610 (the setting sun), and the beginning of that of Louis XIII, crowned in Reims in October of the same year (the star shining in the sky).