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Auction: 394 - Coins, Commemorative Medals, Autographs and Documents - e-Auction
Lot: 108

France/Great Britain. "Lamentation of an Evil Fate" - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, 1793. Medal. Bronze, 51mm. By C.H. Küchler. Struck at Matthew Boulton's Soho mint. Conjoined busts right of the ill-fated royal couple, rev. Execution scene: The executioner Sanson displaying the king's head before the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution. Julius 254. Rich chocolate-brown over some hairlines. Extremely Fine.

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