Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 608

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£40

Opening of the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, 1856, a bronze medal by M.P.J.B. Penin, bust of Napoleon III left, reverse frontal elevation of building, 69mm (BDM IV, 447). About extremely fine (£30-40)

Marius Pons Jean Baptiste Penin (1807-83), medallist, son of a goldsmith from Barjols in the Var, spent most of his working life in Lyon