LOT 3567
France. Louis XIV AE Medal. Dated 1676. Commemorating issue of the defeat of the Dutch and Spanish fleets at Palermo. Dies by Michel Molart.
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. Extremely Fine.(157gr, 72mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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![Group of Five [5] Medals.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/248900-s.jpg)
Group of Five [5] Medals. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: various metals, subjects, and reverse types. 67gr total, 25-38mm.
Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
![Group of Sixteen [16] Tokens and Medals.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/248778-s.jpg)
Group of Sixteen [16] Tokens and Medals. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 157gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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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.
