Historical and Art Medals

France, 1947. France. Adrien Blanchet, 60th Anniversary as a Numismatist and Archaeologist, a cast bronze medal by R. Corbin, bust left, reverse seated figures and column, 51 mm. Reddish patina, very fine, scarce

Jules Adrien Blanchet (1866-1957), the doyen of French numismatists of his day, was a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society from 1898 until his death in December 1957