Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

Undated (late 19th century), Belgium. SOCI?T? DES CONFERENCES HORTICOLES. By H. Distexhe. AE 50mm. OBV: A putto holding a portrait of Linnaeus. REV: An armorial shield within a floral wreath. Nearly extremely fine. $50. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S18-12243

 

1718, France. PHILIPPE QUINAULT. By Simon Cure Cast bronze 59mm. Obv: Laureate bust facing right. Rev: A phoenix perched on a lyre. Nearly extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-4550

 

1910, U.S.A. THERE?S NO PLACE LIKE HOME/ HOME-COMING. Isodore Konti. AE 68mm. Obv: A family. Rev: A walking female holding an olive branch. 2nd issue of the Circle of Friends of the Medallion. In its original book-like holder. Some foxing inside the book and some slight damage to the spine. Some slight spots on the medal, extremely fine. $240. Sorry, SOLD

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1912, Great Britain. GOLF AWARD. Silver 45mm. Obv: A golfer with his caddie in the background. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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France. MONUMENT AUX MORTS DE NICE. (WAR MEMORIAL TO THOSE FROM NICE KILLED IN WORLD WAR I). By Andr? Lavrillier after Alfred-Auguste Janniot (1889-1969). Silvered-bronze 73mm. Obv: A roaring lion and a female warrior with her sword pulled back. Rev: A war memorial. Classens 104, Maier 315. Nearly extremely fine. $325. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022).

Andr? Lavrillier (1885-1958) studied under his father, an engraver, and under Chaplain and Bourdelle. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1914. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Besides medals, he designed a number of coins

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SKU: S7-11055-E9593

 

1744, Great Britain. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. Unsigned. Silvered-AE 40mm. Obv: George II, seated and holding a scepter and orb, tramples on an eagle and a triple head. Rev: A half-length figure of Earl Gower. MI II 592/241, plate CLCV/1. Good very fine. $275. Sorry, SOLD

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1823, France, Spain. THE SPANISH EXPEDITION OF LOUIS ANTOINE, DUKE OF ANGOUL?ME. By Fran?ois Augustin Caunois. Bronze 50mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2019).

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SKU: Q0443-5S

 

1778, Spain. THE SPANISH ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION. By Prieto. Bronze 40mm. OBVERSE: Bust of Carlos III facing left. REVERSE: A feather and a wreath. $150. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S2P-05890

 

France. BUST OF A GIRL. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968. Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Uniface cast bronze octagonal 85mm x 85mm. OBVERSE: The bust of a girl facing left. $500. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2018)

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SKU: P2-13023

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. HERCULES. By Pierre Turin. Uniface cast AE 83mm. Obv: Bust of Hercules with his head facing right. Extremely fine. $600. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 2P-12289

 

Undated (circa 1930s), France. WAR MEMORIAL TO THOSE KILLED IN WORLD WAR I. By Andr? Lavrillier. Bronze 73mm. Obv: A roaring lion and a female warrior with her sword pulled back. Rev: A war memorial. Maier 315. $275

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SKU: 14886-4R

 

1743, Great Britain. RALPH BRIDEOAKE, Archdeacon of Winchester. By Jacques-Antoine Dassier. Bronze 55mm. Obv: Bust of Brideoake facing right. Rev: A church. MI II 573/209, plate CLXI/8, Eimer 574, Eisler 293/11. $200

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SKU: 7025-16481-3A

 

1685, England. OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF JAMES II. By John Roettier. Silver 35mm. Obv: Laureate bust of James II facing right. Leg: IACOBVS . II . D. G. ANG . SCO . FR . ET . HIB. REX. (James II, by the grace of God, king of England, Scotland, France and Ireland).?Rev: A hand holding a crown above a wreath on a cushion. Leg: A . MILITATI . AD . REGIAM. (From the military to the royal crown). Exergue: INAVGVRAT . 23. AP . 1685 (Crowned, 23 April, 1685).?MI I 605/5, plate LXIII/5, Wollaston 6, Eimer 273, Fearon 136.3. $800. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 15822-JG

 

France. LE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (The Town Rat and the Country Rat). By Jean Vernon. Uniface Bronze 59mm. Obv: Two rats and a bowl of fruit. $90.——————
Jean Vernon was born in 1897. He studied at the ?cole? des Arts d?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He died in 1975. He is noted in particular for his series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables.?

Price: $90.00

SKU: 6389-16250-7A

 

1808, France, Spain THE BATTLE OF SOMO-SIERRA AND THE ABOLITION OF THE INQUISITION. By Andrieu. Copper 41mm. Bramsen 756, Julius 1944, Schwering 1131. $275. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2020)

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SKU: Q5497-06197-1P