LOT 3566
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1666 but struck possibly 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of Louis XIV Clemency towards the Traitants and the Revocation of the Chamber of Justice. Dies by Michel Molart.
LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISSIMVS, bare head to right; MOLART on truncation / PECVLATORES BONIS MVLCTATI, female figure kneeling to right and emptying a sack of coins in front of Justice, seated to left on throne and holding scales and sword; CLEMENTIA PRINCIPIS• M•D•C•LXVI• and MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. Extremely Fine.(172gr, 71mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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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.
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Great Britain. Ely Cathedral AE Medal. 1849. Dies by Joseph Davis in Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
WEST FRONT OF ELY CATHEDRAL, exterior view of the cathedral; DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H:R:H: PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS BIRMM. in three lines in exergue / WEST VIEW OF THE CHOIR. ELY CATHEDRAL., interior view of the cathedral. Cf. BHM 2368. 83gr, 60mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
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![Group of Sixteen [16] Medals.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/248775-s.jpg)
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 300gr 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.
