Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

France, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, 1899, a silver award plaque by L.-O. Roty, semi-naked female seated left, holding a tome and regarding an open landscape, rev. two wreaths on plinth, un-named, 67 x 47mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.94; PBE –; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.271, 78; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM V, 235, 237). Very fine, rare (£80-100)

Obverse only illustrated; dated 1880, but executed in 1899