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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
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1379
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €600
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XVI (1774–1792). Medal, the Louis XVI Bridge [now the Pont de la Concorde], by B. Duvivier MDCCLXXXVIII (1788), Paris.
Obverse: LOUIS XVI KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE. Clothed bust of Louis XVI facing right, signed DUVIV., and in the exergue: CITY OF PARIS.
Reverse: View of the Louis XVI Bridge over the Seine, showing boats and rafts of timber floating; in the exergue: PONT DE LOUIS XVI/ MDCCLXXXVIII and signature B. DUVIV. F.
Nocq 233; Silver – 84.11 g – 56 mm – 12 h
Original strike without hallmark. Minimal signs of handling, beneath a light grey patina. Superb.
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