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Many specialist sculptors from the Renaissance onwards were attracted to this small-scale art form. Inspired by Roman coins, with portraits of rulers on the obverse and allegorical representations on the reverse, medals were used as gifts and mementoes and eagerly collected. The medal format proved ideal for this type of personal and intimate object and commemorative portrait medals were particularly high regarded in France during the first half of the 17th century.\r\n\r\nThis medal depicts Louis XIII (1601-1643), and commemorates his consecration as King of France in 1610. It was made by the French medallist Nicolas Briot (about 1579-1646), who was later active in England and Scotland. \r\n\r\nThe obverse of this medal shows the young Louis XIII, wearing a crown, an ermine robe, a sash decorated with fleurs de lys and the Order of the Holy Spirit. The reverse has a hand reaching down from clouds holding the holy ampulla above ground. 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