LOT 3563
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1687 but struck after 1880. Commemorative issue of Château de Versailles. Dies by Michel Molart.
LVDOVICVS★MAGNVS★REX★GALLIARVM★INVICTISSIMVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left (68th effigy by Michel Molart), MOLART★F★ below / COLVIT MAGIS OMNIBVS VNAM, facade of the Chateau of Versailles as seen from the rear gardens; VERSALLIAE •1•6•8•7• in two lines below. French Mint Catalog - VOL I -205-H/B451. Good Very Fine. In original case.(161gr, 71mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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Great Britain. George III AE Medalet. 1818. Commemorative issue of death of Queen Charlotte.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
H • M • G • M • QUEEN CHARLOTTE., head of Queen Charlotte to right / BORN MAY 19. 1744. above, MARRIED SEPR. 9. 1761. DIED AT KEW NOVR. 17. 1818. AFTER A VIRTUOUS REIGN WITH HER BELOVED KING in seven lines, OF 57 YEARS below. BHM 968. 5.25gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 1h.
Found Windsor and Maidenhead, UK. -
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1668 but struck 1970. Paris mint. Commemorating issue of the Re-establishment of the French naval forces.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 57gr, 49mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Restrike Medal. Dated 12 June 1860. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Annexation of Savoy and the County of Nice to France. Dies by Jean Lagrange.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left; J.LAGRANGE below / ANNEXION DE LA SAVOIE ET DU CTE DE NICE A LA FRANCE, France, In the centre, uniting Savoy and the city of Nice; 12 JUIN 1860 and J.LAGRANGE in two lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 1826. 210gr, 72mm, 12h.
Mint State.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
