DANIEL FRANCOIS, COMPTE DE LAUTREC

DASSIER, Jean: France, 1738, Bronze, 55 mm
Obv: Bust of Count Lautrec (l)    D. F. COMES A LAUTREC LEGAT. REG. AD PAC. GENEV. 1738 (Daniel Francois Count de Lautrec, advisor to the king for the Peace of Geneva)
Rev: Prudence flanked by Fortitude (Courage, Mars) and Justice (Equity)     FORTITUDO PRUDENTIA AEQUITAS (Courage, Prudence, Justice)
Exergue:  CONSPICUAE IN VNO. (Remarkable in one man)
Signed:  I. DASSIER
From Jean Dassier's Geneva Series
Ref: Molinari 87/330; Forrer I, p. 515; Thompson 47/05; Haller II, 1918;  Weiss BW054

Daniel Francois, Count of Lautrec was the French envoy at the discussion for the Peace of Geneva. Like the previous pieces, this medal alludes to the efforts France made to provide peace in Geneva.

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