Auction Catalogue

24 & 25 June 2003

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 1491

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25 June 2003

Hammer Price:
£90

Switzerland, LOUIS LEFORT, 1734, bronze medals (2), by J. Dassier, bust three-quarters left, rev. seated figure of Geneva with cherubs around, both 55mm (Mol. 329; W. 3175); Daniel François, Compte de Lautrec, 1738, a cast copper medal, bust three-quarters left, rev. Fortitude, Prudence and Justice, 53mm (Mol. 330; W. 3172); Jean-Jacques Burlamque, 1748, a copper medal, bust left, rev. legend, 55mm; together with minor Dassier copper portrait medals (3), and a copper medal of Pietro Nanni by Simon, 47mm [8]. Very fine and better (£100-150)

Louis Lefort (1668-1748) was consul at Geneva; Jean-Jacques Burlamque, senator at Geneva