Auction Catalogue

4 October 2001

Starting at 1:00 PM

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

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1082

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4 October 2001

Hammer Price:
£85

France, Birth of the Dauphin, 1781, a silver medal by B. Duvivier, conjoined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette left, rev. seated robed female figure holding the Dauphin, felicitas publica, 41mm (BDM VI, 298); Death of Louis XVII, 1795, a bronze medal by A.J. Depaulis, bust left, rev. naked winged male holding crown above a sarcophagus, turreted building in background, 50mm (BDM –) [2]. About extremely fine (£60-80)

Provenance:
1st
SNC April 1998 (2431).

The second item was struck in the 1830s