1930, France. AUGUSTE PATEY, Medallist and Coin Engraver. By Lucien Bazor. AE 50mm. Obv: Bust of Patey facing right. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $60. Sorry, SOLD
Lucien Bazor was born in 1889. He studied under Auguste Patey at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1923. He succeeded Patey in the post of Engraver General at the Paris Mint, a post he held until 1958. Bazor died in 1974.