Louis XIV restores the Catholic religion in the Netherlands; Bronze Medal. Obverse: portrait of a man on horseback for besieged fortress within a circle. Reverse: The Netherlands in the guise of an old woman with bundle of snakes in hand and next to lying lion is trampled on by French king with flaming sword in hand while woman with chalice and halo looks on inside the circumscription; Netherlands; Louis XIV (King of France); Giovanni Hamerani; Rome; 1673; bronze (metal); striking (metalworking); d 4.5 cm x w 38.78 gr