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FRANCE LOUIS XIV and ANNA OF AUSTRIA Medal Accession of the Dauphin Obverse: LVDOVICVS XIIII DG FR ET NAV REX WARIN 1643 Clothed and laureate bust of the king facing right R/ ANNA DG FR ET NAV REG WARIN Veiled bust of Anne of Austria facing right Edge engraved: L M H Vte DE GALARD E O E DE CRUSSOL D’UZES 19 JANUARY 1865 Engraver: Jean Warin 1643 Gold 93.13 g 56 mm Medal strike Edge engraved at a later date to mark the marriage of Élisabeth Olive Emmanuelle de Crussol d’Uzès to Louis Marie Hector de Galard de l’Isle-Bozon A few surface scratches; cracks on the base of the medal at the ‘L’ in ‘Ludov’ and the ‘X’ in ‘Rex’, visible on the reverse at the ‘G’ in ‘Reg’ TURCKHEIM PEY Medals of the Grand Siècle: The Metallic History of Louis XIV, Vol. 2 MAZEROLLE Jean Warin, master of the mint at Moulin 14 (marked gold, silver, bronze and gilded bronze) JONES A Catalogue of the French Medals in the British Museum Volume 2 200 (inventory of known examples: 1 in gold, 2 in silver, a few examples in bronze and gilded bronze; measured examples are 55–56 mm) A gold specimen in the Medals Collection of a slightly lower weight (Med S r 491, 55 mm) A similar specimen of this medal in silver appeared at CGB on 6 December 2022 and is held at the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris (MED 061577) A variant of the gold medal with a bare head in the Joron Derem sale of 9 July 2020 In a vintage Emile Bourgey envelope, accompanied by a note stating ‘Purchased on 18 May 1946, 155,000 francs’
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About the sale NUMISMATICS: a French collection
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Auction time 11/13/2026 at 4:00 PM
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