LOT 3571
France. Louis XVIII AE Medal. Dated 18 February 1803. Commemorative issue of Louis XVIII's refusal to abdicate in Warsaw in 1803. Dies by Andrieu.
LVDOVICVS • XVIII FRANC • ET • NAV • REX, bare head to right; ANDRIEU F. on truncation; DE PUYMAURIN DIREXIT below / NEC • VIS • NEC • FALLACIA • ERIPIET •, the King repelling the Cunning and the Force; PACTIONES • ABDICANDI • REPVDIATAE VARSOVIAE • XVIII • FEBR • MDCCCIII in two lines below; ANDRIEU FECIT to right. Cf. Collignon 8. Extremely Fine.(65gr, 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] Medals, Coins and Tokens. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals etc; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 130gr 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. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
SOUVENIR DU CENTENAIRE DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLEON I, laureate head of Napoléon I to right; ❀1769=1869❀ below / Code Napoléon, placed on cushion with Legion of Honour, sabre and a bicorne hat, between laurel and oak branch; above, crowned eagle holding thunderbolt and branch in its talons. Colignon 1966; Bramsen 2100. 52gr, 50mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals, Model Coins and Tokens. 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. 117gr 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.

