Anne, 1702-1714. Silver Medal n. d. (1709), 29.56 g. Failed Peace Negotiations in the War for Spanish Succession. By M. Brunner and G. Nuernberger. Louis XIV surrounded by Envy, Discord and Strife, rejects the offer of Germania. QVEM DAS FINEM REX MAGNE LABORUM. Rv. Louis XIV consults with his astronauts. CYLLENIVS HÆRET ET COELM MARS SOLVS HABET. Edge: LONGI POENAS FORTVNA FAVORIS EXIGIT. 43.1 mm. Eimer -. MI ii 352/187. van Loon V, 137,1. Saunders/Vanhoudt 1709-1. Vorzüglich / Extremely Fine. Feine Patina / Nicely toned.

From the auction Hess Divo, Zurich, lot 197.

The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Habsburg Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Austrian Habsburgs. The Great Frost of 1709, the coldest European winter during the previous 500 years, caused widespread famine in France and Spain, forcing Louis to re-open negotiations and he hinted at his willingness to cede French fortresses to the Dutch Republic. In May the Allies presented him with the preliminaries of the Hague. Britain and Austria still insisted on an undivided Spanish monarchy for Archduke Charles and having to cede the strongholds, Thionville, Cambrai and Valenciennes as collateral. However, the negotiations went nowhere.