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Auction: 25007 - … British and World Coins and Medals featuring The Oriole Collection of Gold and Silver English Coins
Lot: 441

France, Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), Bronze Medal, 1630, by J. Warin, • ARMANDVS IOANNES CARDINALIS DE RICHELIEV, draped and capped bust right, rev. TANDEM VICTA SEQVOR, France, crowned from above by Victory, is seated in a four-horse chariot driven by Fame over rocky terrain with Fortune following behind, date in exergue, 75mm, 133.41g (Jones 182; Mazerolle, Jean Varin, 5; Scher, Currency of Fame, 153), some scratches and with pitting from casting, otherwise a wonderfully struck-up medal, with a uniform brown patina, very fine

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£250