Joseph Roettiers was a Flemish medallist active in England

England

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 and France

France

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, and a member of the celebrated Roettier family of goldsmith

Goldsmith

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s, silversmith

Silversmith

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s, and engravers.

Roettiers was the son of Philip Roettiers, brother of John Roettiers

John Roettiers

John Roettiers was a celebrated British engraver and medallist.Roettiers was the oldest son of Philip Roettiers, a goldsmith of Antwerp. He took up the profession of stonecutter and medallist, with his earliest known productions being dated 1658 and 1660...

 (1631–1703) and Philip Roettiers (1640–1718), and the father of Joseph-Charles Roettiers

Joseph-Charles Roettiers

Joseph-Charles Roettiers was a noted French engraver and medalist.Roettiers was born in Paris to Joseph Roettiers . He was a member of the celebrated Roettiers family of engravers, medallists, silversmiths, and goldsmiths; Norbert Roettiers was his cousin, and Charles Norbert Roettiers was his son...

 (1693–1779), all of whom were medallists whether in England

England

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 or in France

France

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.

Roettiers served as assistant engraver at the British Royal Mint

Royal Mint

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 in the early 1670s, then went to France where he obtained the post of Engraver-general in 1682. He became graveur particulier at the Paris Mint from 1694 to 1703, and later Primier graveur de l’Histoire en Medailles, and was one the first artists to contribute to Louis XIV

Louis XIV of France

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's series of medals (begun in 1680), in collaboration with Jean Mauger, Henri Roussel, Michel Molart, and others.