France. MAURITANIE. By Emile Monier. AE 59mm. Obv: The head of a native from Mauritania. Rev: A map of Mauritania; a building in the background. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 260/A. Some spots. $150. ——— From Monier?s series of portraits of native Africans: Cote-D?Ivoire, Dahomey, Guin?e, Haute-Volta, Mauritanie, Niger, S?n?gal, Soudan produced for the French Colonial Exposition of 1930. ———–

?mile Monier, sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.