Auction Catalogue

3 June 1999

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens, Coin Weights and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 812

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3 June 1999

Hammer Price:
£65

France, Enseignement Secondaire des Jeunes Filles, 1886, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France instructing a girl pupil, reverse basket containing books and needlework, 68mm (Coll. R. Marx 6; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 230; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 160; cf. DNW 38, 712); Opening of the Musée Social, 1895, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, two male figures walking up the steps into the Museum, reverse seated female figure with racks of newspapers and shelves of books, contemplating a factory scene through a window, 60mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; BDM V, 236; cf. DNW 38, 728); Exposition Nationale et Coloniale, Rouen, 1896, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, agricultural scene with woman seated under tree in foreground, NORMANNIA NVTRIX, reverse aerial view of Rouen, 68mm (PBE 865; Coll. R. Marx 50; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 170; BDM V, 236; cf. DNW 38, 729) [3]. Very fine and better, but last with scratches on reverse (£40-50)

First executed in 1884, but not issued by the Monnaie until 1886; second issued by the Monnaie in 1896