LOT 3558
France. Second Empire AE Medal. Dated 1869. Commemorative issue of Centenary of Emperor Napoléon I.
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. Very Fine. Graffiti on obverse, graffito '1908 1915' on reverse.(52gr, 50mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Fifth Republic AE Medal. 1982. Dies by Jp Réthoré.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Map of France showing the coats-of-arms of all regions / FRANCE TERROIRS DIVERS NATION UNE in three lines. 365gr, 88mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
France. Louis XIV AE Restrike Medal. Dated 1685 but struck in 1960's. Commemorative issue of construction of Pont Royal. Dies by Michel Molart and John (Jan) Roettiers.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
LUDOVICUS • MAGNUS • REX • CHRISTIANISSIMUS •, bare head to right, R below / VRBIS • ORNAMEN • ET COMMODO ★, downstream view of the Pont Royal on the Seine with the towers of Notre-Dame in the background; PONS • AD • LVPARAM ANN • M•DC•LXXXV• MOLART•F• in three lines in exergue. French Mint General Catalog 204-B. 182gr, 72mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Group of Forty One [41] Restruck Dassier's Kings and Queens of England AE Commemorative Medals. 20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A wooden case with 41 medals present in two layers; duplicates of James I, Oliver Comwell, Mary II, Caroline, Henry II and Henry III. 1.79 kg total including case.
Condition as seen.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

