Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

WORLD ART MEDALS France, Edmond de Goncourt, 1894, a uniface bronze portrait plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, bust left, 72 x 50mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 255; CGMP p.82; BDM I, 411; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 26). A vigorous portrait, extremely fine (£40-60)

Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (1822-1896), French author; the elder of the two financially independent Goncourt brothers who compiled a number of historical works and novels