LOT 3568
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1668 but struck 1970. Paris mint. Commemorating issue of the Re-establishment of the French naval forces.
LVDOVICVS • XIV • FRANC • ET • NAV REX, laureate and draped bust to left, trident behind / NAVIGATIO • INSTAVRATA , large battleship at seas; •1668• below. Edge inscription: 1970 (corne) BRONZE. N#98220. Extremely Fine.(57gr, 49mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Time of Louis Philippe I AE Medal. 1841. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Death of Napoléon I on St. Helena. Dies by Valentin-Maurice Borrel.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head to left; BORREL FT. 1841. beneath truncation / L'EXIL ABRÉGEA SES JOURS. above view of the island of Saint Helena, with a ship departing; PRISONNIER A STE. HÉLÈNE, LE 18 OCTOBRE 1815. IL MOURUT LE 5 MAI 1821. in four lines in exergue. 82gr, 51mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. 52gr, 50mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1811. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Baptism of the Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte as King of Rome. Dies by J. Andrieu.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Laureate head to left / Napoléon, in full regalia, standing to left before throne, holding the infant high over baptismal font, BAPTEME DU ROI DE ROME M. DCCC. XI.(date) in two lines in exergue, ANDRIEU FECIT to left. Cf. Bramsen 1126. 129gr, 67mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

