Opening of the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, 1856, a bronze medal by M.P.J.B. Penin, bust of Napoleon III left, reverse frontal elevation of building, 69mm (BDM IV, 447). About extremely fine (£30-40)

Marius Pons Jean Baptiste Penin (1807-83), medallist, son of a goldsmith from Barjols in the Var, spent most of his working life in Lyon