Auction Catalogue

17 September 1997

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 695

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17 September 1997

Hammer Price:
£30

Miscellaneous, John Constable (English painter, 1776-1837), French portrait medal, 1938, by A. Rivaud, 70mm (CGMP — ). Extremely fine (£20-30)

Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of English held at the Louvre, Paris, 1936. Unusually for a French medal not marked on the edge with the Paris mint privy mark and perhaps struck elsewhere than the national mint.