Auction Catalogue

31 May 2000

Starting at 1:00 PM

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

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 774

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31 May 2000

Hammer Price:
£85

WORLD ART MEDALS France, Funeral of President Carnot, 1894, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, reverse funeral cortège, 80 x 57mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 27; cf. BDW 5, 14). Extremely fine, nicely toned (£50-60)

Issued by the Monnaie in 1898. Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), Finance Minister appointed fourth President of the Third Republic, 1887; assassinated by an Italian anarchist in Lyon on 24 June 1894