LOT 3572
France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 1815. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of Tomb of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. Dies by Jean-Bertrand Andrieu.
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F• on truncation, DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / CORP. LUD. XVI. M. ANT. CONJ. REG. SEPU. REDDITA, the tomb of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, surmounted by the crown of France, under a fleur-de-lis drape, flanked by Piety and Religion, in tears; PIETAS FRATERNA. 1815 and DE PUYMAURIN D. in three lines in exergue. Cf. Collignon 47. Near Extremely Fine.(43gr, 50mm, 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] Tokens and Medals.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/248778-s.jpg)
Group of Sixteen [16] Tokens and Medals. 18th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 157gr 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. -
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Great Britain. Lincoln Cathedral AE Medal. 1850. Dies by J. Davis, Birmingham.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Exterior view of the cathedral, LINCOLN CATHEDRAL DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT and J.DAVIS. MEDALLIST. BIRMM. in four lines in exergue / INTERIOR OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL, interior view of the cathedral. BHM 2371; Taylor 7a. 98gr, 60mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
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France. First Empire, Napoléon I AE Restrike Medal. Struck 1970. Commemorative issue of Napoléon's I centenary. Dies by Alphée Dubois.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
15 AOÛT 1869, Napoléon I in the clouds enthroned to left on the French eagle, bearing sceptre and surrounded by stars, gazing down upon the institutions, civil codes and cornucopia he left behind him; 15 AOÛT 1769 in exergue / Blank. 438gr, 100mm.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
