Coins and Historical Medals

FRANCE, Conservation des Forêts, or Terraum Decus, 1904, a bronze medal by H. Cros for the SAMF, half-length figure of naked woman, representing the Goddess of the Forest, with a wreath around her body, rev. Goddess pulling the hair of a centaur who attempts to uproot a tree, 60mm, edge stamped 213 (Maier 25; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.307, 8; Coll. R. Marx 115; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 40, 53; cf. Baldwin 90, 1947). Very fine, rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of European Art Medals.

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