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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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. -
France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Medal. Dated 18 June 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Battle of Mont Saint Jean (Waterloo). Dies by Petit F. Denon, mintmaster.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head to right / The Victory, holding palm branch in her right hand, fllying to right above battlefield littered with debris from weapons of all kinds, on which a broken tree has collapsed; BATAILLE DU MONT S.T JEAN XVIII JUIN MDCCCXV in two lines and PETIT F. below; DENON INV. to right. Bremsen 1637. 79gr, 51mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Set of Thirty Two [32] Dassier's Kings and Queens of England AE Commemorative Medals. 1731.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
A wooden case with 32 of the 34 medals present in two layers; James I, and Caroline wife of George II absent. 1.307 kg total including case.
Condition as seen.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

