Archive (Sold Medals and Books)

 

1971, Senegal. PORT OF DAKAR. AE 70mm. Obv: a sailing boat and two cargo vessels. Rev: Inscription. Nearly extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398095

 

1689, France/England. LOUIS XIV RECEIVES JAMES II. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: Gallia greeting James II and Queen Mary. Divo 225, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 225, MI I 652/8, plate LXIX/7. Rounded edge, extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398665

 

1897, Great Britain. VICTORIA?S JUBILEE. Signed T.B.B. Bronze 45mm. Obv: Diademed, laureate, veiled bust, right. Rev: Four shields and a young portrait of Victoria. BHM 3580. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: N-1931

 

1889, Great Britain. CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE PRIZE MEDAL. By Leonard Charles Wyon. Silver 51mm. Obv: Head of the Prince of Wales facing left. Rev: Arms above a cartouche. Edge: Inscription to recipient. BDM vol. 6 p.631. In its original case. Attractive, light toning. Extremely fine. $150.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399330

 

1805, France/Austria. THE TAKING OF VIENNA. By Manfredini. AE 42mm. Obv: Head of Napoleon, in a helmet, facing left. Rev: Vindabona with a trophy of arms in the background. Bramsen 444, Julius 1443, Schwering 992. Extremely fine. Sorry SOLD

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SKU: 10400313

 

1660, France. THE FORTRESS OF MARSEILLES. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mmObv: Youthful bust of Louis XIV, facing right. Rev: A view of the Port of Marseille. Divo 54, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 54. Rounded edge, insignificant die flaws. Extremely fine. $125.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10399053

 

1937, Great Britain. ABANDONED CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII. Bronzed WM 44mm. Obv: Crowned bust, right. Rev: Britannia standing within a portico. BHM 4038, Giordano CM271a, W&E 6820A. In its original cardboard box. Extremely fine. $25. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400726

 

1833, France. THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON REPLACED. By Nicolas Guy Antoine Brenet. AE 55mm. Obv: Statue of Napoleon as a Roman Emperor. Rev: Statue of Napoleon in uniform. D?Essling 1685, Collignon 1047. Color slightly uneven, two spots on the obverse and one on the reverse, extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398354

 

Undated (late 19th C.), France. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, PARIS. Pair of medals. 1) By Adolphe Rivet and Henri Naud?. AE-gilt 57mm. Obv: Marianne bust in clouds with various figures around. Rev: Fame blowing her trumpet and handing a palm frond to a small boy. 2) A gilt and partially-enameled decoration with red and blue ribbon. In a custom-made case. Case damaged on the outside. Extremely fine. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398110

 

1911, Great Britain. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. By Frank Bowcher. Silver 45mm. Obv: Bust facing three-quarters right. Rev: A nude female standing before a large bust of Shakespeare.BDM-V/644, BHM 4086, Eimer 1987, Ogden 50. Extremely fine. $175.? Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400515

 

1795, France. DEATH OF LOUIS XVII. By Nicolas-Pierre Tiolier. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XVII facing left. Rev: A broken lily. ?Julius 451, Schwering 740. Extremely fine. $135. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398991

 

1975, U.S.A. THE LOVE OF LIFE. By Bruno Lucchesi. AE 73mm. Obv: A mother holder her baby. Rev: A couple embracing. Ninety-second issue of the Society of Medalists. 1,350 issued. With its descriptive leaflet (no box). Some insignificant spots, extremely fine. $85. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10398965

 

1981, France. CHARLES M?RYON, 1821-1868, Printmaker. By Claude Gondard. AE 68mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of M?ryon facing right. Rev: A gargoyle with a city view in the background. Extremely fine. $40. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400466

 

France. AUVERGNATE. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac (1858-1933). Bronze plaquette 47mm x 63mm. OBV: Bust of a young woman, in regional costume, facing left. REV: Mountain scenery of Auvergne with cows grazing in the foreground. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 351/F. Extremely fine. $90. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2023) ———- From Robert-M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne. ———–

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

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SKU: 3455-16092-2T

 

1855, Great Britain/France. RECEPTION FOR NAPOLEON III, EMPEROR OF FRANCE. By Benjamin Wyon. AE 77mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Eug?nie. Rev: Britannia introducing Gallia to Londinia. BHM 2561, Eimer 1496, Welch 7. 350 struck. In its original case. Case a little rubbed and slightly discolored with edge. Extremely fine. $500. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 10400980