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

№ 712

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£25

France, Enseignement Secondaire des Jeunes Filles, 1886, a bronze medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France instructing a girl pupil, reverse basket containing books and needlework, 68mm (Coll. R. Marx 6; CGMP p.359; BDM V, 230; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 160; cf. BDW 13, 738). Extremely fine (£35-45)

Executed by Roty in 1884, but not issued by the Monnaie until 1886