LOT 3559
France. Consulat AE Medal. Dated 1802. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Treaty of Amiens. Dies by Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy.
CAMBACERES SECOND CONSUL. BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL. LEBRUN TROISIEUME CONSUL., three busts to left, arranged vertically: Napoleon Bonaparte (top), Charles-François Lebrun (bottom left), and Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (bottom right); JEUFFROY below / LE CORPS LÉGISLATIF AUX CONSULS DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. around, PAIX INTÉRIEURE, PAIX EXTÉRIEURE. in four lines; ARRÊTÉ DU 30 FLORÉAL AN X. 20 MAI M DCCC II. in three lines in exergue. Bramsen 218; Julius 1093. Extremely Fine.(142gr, 68mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
FootnotesThe Treaty of Amiens was signed between France and Britain, bringing a brief period of peace during the Napoleonic Wars. France regained its former colonies lost during the Revolution. The King of England renounced the title of King of France, which he had held since Edward III (1340).
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France. Louis XIV AE Medal. Dated 1676. Commemorating issue of the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Palermo. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LVDOVICVS • MAGNVS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMVS •, bare head to right; R below / DELETA HOSTIVM CLASSE, Victory standing to left on galley to right, holding wreath with her right hand and palm branch with her left; on the stern two cupids holding globe bearing the lilies of France; in the background galleys on fire or sinking, one of which flies a Dutch flag; VICTORIA PANORMITANA M•DC•LXXVI•(date) MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. 157gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 182gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
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France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Tomb of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Dies by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F• on truncation, DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / CORP. LUD. XVI. M. ANT. CONJ. REG. SEPU. REDDITA, the tomb of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, surmounted by the crown of France, under a fleur-de-lis drape, flanked by Piety and Religion, in tears; PIETAS FRATERNA. 1815 and DE PUYMAURIN D. in three lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 47. 43gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
