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Auction: 370 - The Numismatic Collector's Series e-Auction
Lot: 138

France. Louis XVI. The King of France Bids his Last Farewell to His Family. Medal. Bronze, 48mm. By C.H. Küchler. Conjoined busts right of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, FATI INIQUI in ex. ("Unfair Fate") rev. Louis saying goodbye to his children, son Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy and daughter Marie-Therese Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême, his wife Marie Antoinette rests her head on his chest, Madame Elizabeth at right sobs into her handkerchief, guillotine and crowd in background, AN EST DOLOR PAR DOLORI NOSTRO ("See If There Be Any Sorrow Like Unto Our Sorrow") on scroll above. Hennin 312/463, Pollard 1. A few light contact marks on neck. Good lustre. About Uncirculated.

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