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Auction: 8019 - Ancient, English, Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 224

Jean d´Estrees, Grand Master of the French Artillery, 1554, large cast lead plaquette, bearded bust to left, heavily armoured and wearing a medal or decoration on a long chain, ENS ENTIVM MISERERE. MEI. I. DESTREES, below the bust, 1554, reverse incuse, 163mm. x 118mm. (seemingly unpublished), very fine, two small holes near top edge, an early or contemporary cast, the hair detailed with great subtlety, fine to very fine and an extraordinary portrait medal Estimate £ 200-300

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£600