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

№ 1083

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4 October 2001

Hammer Price:
£35

France, Académie de Peinture et Sculpture, Paris, 1785, a bronze medal by B. Duvivier, bust of Louis XVI left, rev. winged Genius with pen and scroll, 34mm (Nocq 225; Wurz. 5593; BDM VI, 298); Confédération des Français, 1790, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, seated and standing figures, rev. legend in wreath, 41mm; Deaths of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Elizabeth, 1793-1794, a bronze medal by J.J. Barre for de Puymarin, conjoined busts right, rev. legend, 40mm; Erection of the Statue of Henri IV on the Pont Neuf, Paris, 1817, a bronze medal by B. Andrieu, bust of Louis XVIII right, rev. equestrian statue, 50mm (Bramsen 1793; Wurz. 5635) [4]. Generally very fine; second with clip and ring for suspension (£40-50)