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FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
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1201
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
Charles IX (1560–1574). Medal, Michel de L’Hospital, date unknown (c. 1568), Paris.
Obv. + M. OSP. FRAN. CANCEL. Bust of Michel de L’Hospital facing left.
Rev. * IMPAVIDVM. FERIENT. RVINAE [The ruins (of the world) will strike him without frightening him – Horace, Odes, III, 3, 8]. On an island battered by the waves, a crenellated tower surmounted by a storm with lightning.
Jones I, 244–245 – Maz. 453 – Kress 552 – Arm. III, 288, X – VL IV, 115; Silver – 21.36 g – 37 mm – 12 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded specimen!
NGC AU 55 (8769692-004).
Original strike, unsigned. With even wear on the relief and minimal marks on the fields. Beautiful patina with bluish highlights. Rare. Superb.
The reverse inscription, taken from Horace, affirms the unshakeable resolve, stoicism and courage of the just and upright man in the face of adversity, even as the world crumbles around him
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