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Auction: 18005 - British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 673

France, Louis XVIII (1814-24), gold Marriage medal, 1816, by Depaulis, bare head right, rev. arrow and torch in wreath, initials latterly inscribed in fields, b. c. e. j. p. frotier m's de la coste e. l. p. st. simon de courtomer 25 j.llet 1816 inscribed on edge, 33.26g, 35mm., nailmarks and cabinet friction in otherwise brilliant fields, about extremely fine, and of historical interest

provenance
Glendining, 15 March 1972, lot 134 - £24


The edge inscription most likely records the July 1816 wedding of Benjamin Charles Léonor Jacques Philippe Frotier de la Coste-Messeliere (1785-1852) to Antoinette Elisabeth Léontine Eléonore de Saint-Simon de Courtomer (1788-1861), the eldest daughter of the 8th Marquis of Courtomer, once Count of Empire and private chamberlain of Napoleon Bonaparte for the year 1810.

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