Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

FRANCE, Cardinal Fleury, 1736, a uniface impression in horn (?) of the obv. of the medal by J. Dassier, 57 x 54mm (cf. Eisler 233); Cardinal Fleury, 1741, a cast brass medal by S. Garbett, 38mm (BDM II, 200); Louis XVI, a uniface impression in glass (?) of the obv. of a medal by J. Duvivier, undated, 40mm; Napoleon I, 1807, a restrike bronze medal by B. Andrieu and L. Jaley [struck after 1880], 41mm (BDM III, 54); Death of the Duc du Berri, 1820, a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 226); Attack on the Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1830, a copper medal by N. Brenet, 59mm (BDM I, 275) [6]. Varied state £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Claremont Collection of Historical Medals.

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