Lodewijk XV, koning van Frankrijk, rekenpenning geslagen op last van de Societe academique de Chirurgie te Parijs 1741

This silver medal was created in 1741 by François Joseph Marteau to commemorate the French Academy of Surgery in Paris. The obverse features a bust of Louis XV, King of France, with the inscription “LUD XV REX CHRISTIANISS”. The reverse depicts the Greek god Apollo, symbolizing medicine, and Hygieia, the goddess of health and hygiene, holding a serpent and standing next to a surgical table. The inscription around the edge translates to “Apollo the Healer.”