Auction: 22180 - British and World Coins and Medals Featuring the 'Manx' Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 611
French Medals (4) | Louix XIV, The Peace of the North, concluded at Saint-Germain, AE Medal, by J. Mauger, dated 1679 LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS ., bust right, rev. SOCIORUM DEFENSOR, figures at altar, 41mm, 40.79g (Divo 180), fine; Louis XVIII, Entry into Paris, WM Medal, 1814, by Andrieu and Brenet, LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, head right rev. Louis and Marie Joséphine in biga, two figures raising hands and presenting offerings; above, Victory flying left, holding olive branch, LOUIS XVIII ENTRE A PARIS III MAI MDCCCXIV in exergue in two lines, 40mm, 27.42g (Collignon 29), some light surface wear, otherwise good very fine; Louis XVIII Aid of Famine, AE Medal, 1817, by de Puymaurin and Andrieu, LUDOVICVS . XVIII FRANC . ET . NAV . REX, bust right, rev PROVIDENTIA . PRINCIPIS, Louis XVIII standing, receiving the wheat that Importation personified presents to him, ADVECTA . IN . REGNVM . ANNONA . PEREGRINA . MDCCCXVII in exergue, 50mm, 62.15g (Collignon 15), a handful of contact marks to otherwise lustrous surfaces, good very fine; Napoleon Laudatory Medal, AE Medal, by Montagny, NAPOLEON LE GRAND., laureate head right, rev. A LARMEE FRANCAISE, Arch de Triomphe, HAUTEUR 152 P....3 ? in exergue, 26mm, 9.62g, good very fine (4)
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Estimate
£150 to £180
Starting price
£100