Auction Catalogue

20 June 2001

Starting at 10:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. British and World Paper Money. Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

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

Lot

№ 1149

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20 June 2001

Hammer Price:
£50

France, Arrival of Charles X at Versailles, 1824, a bronze medal by A.F. Michaut, bust right, rev. reclining robed female in front of the Palais de Versailles, 51mm (BDM IV, 64); Completion of the Palais de la Bourse and the Tribunal de Commerce, 1825, a bronze medal by L.M. Petit, conjoined busts of Louis XVIII and Charles X left, rev. seated figure presenting key to robed female and naked male, 68mm (BDM IV, 466); Charles X, Coronation, 1825, a bronze medal by J.-E. Gatteaux and J.J. Barre, crowned bust right, rev. Coronation scene at Rheims, 77mm (MF 453, 6; BDM II, 207; Wurz. 4327; cf. DW 24, 429) [3]. All extremely fine and nicely patinated, the last particularly so (£60-80)