LOT 4557
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1676 but struck later. 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. Mint State.(161gr, 72mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4557
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1687 but struck after 1880. Commemorative issue of Château de Versailles. Dies by Michel Molart.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. 197gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Napoleon Bonaparte AE Restrike Medal. 1797-1815.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Uniformed bust to left / Blank. 94gr, 71mm.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
France. Louis XIV, AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1690 but struck later.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX CHRISTIANISS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, R below / MERSA ET FVGATA ANGLORVM ET BATAV CLASSE, Victory, with the laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left, stands on the French ship amid the wreckage of enemy ships; AD ORAS ANGLIAE M DC XC in exergue. 158gr, 73mm, 12h.
Mint State.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
