LOT 3569
France. Louis XVI AE Medal. 19th century AD. Commemorative issue of the Life and Deeds of Louis XVI. Dies by Armand Auguste Caqué.
LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE., bust to right; DE PUYMAURIN • D • CAQUE • F • below / NÉ 1754. ROI 1774. SUPPRESSION DES CORVÉES 1776. ALLIANCE AVEC LES ÉTATS UNIS 1778. ASSEMBLÉE DES NOTABLES 1787. ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX 1789. ABOLITION DES PRIVILÈGES 1789. NOUVELLE CONSTITUTION 1790. MORT 1793. in fourteen lines. Extremely Fine.(63gr, 51mm, 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 Restrike Medal. Dated 1687 but struck after 1880. Commemorative issue of Château de Versailles. Dies by Michel Molart.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 161gr, 71mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. In original case.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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. 172gr, 71mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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Great Britain. Salisbury Cathedral WM Medal. Circa 1830. Published by Bennett.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Exterior view of the cathedral, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL and BENNETT. DIREX. in three lines in exergue / Interior of the cathedral, THE CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL in three lines in exergue; BENNETT DIREX. to right. BHM 1469; Taylor 10a. 41gr, 50mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
