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Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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LOUIS XVI – Bronze medal commemorating the King’s arrival in…
See original version (French)
115
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LOUIS XVI – Bronze medal commemorating the King’s arrival in…
See original version (French)
Estimate €40 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
LOUIS XVI – Bronze medal commemorating the King’s arrival in Paris (after Benjamin DUVIVIER (1730–1819))
Bust of Louis XVI facing right, signed: B. DUVIVIER F. beneath the cut-off arm on the obverse, and Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette and the Dauphin, signed: DUVIV on the reverse.
Obverse inscription: LOUIS XVI – KING OF THE FRENCH // IN THE EXERGUE: CITY OF PARIS.
Reverse inscription: I SHALL HEREFORTH MAKE THIS MY PERMANENT RESIDENCE // ARRIVAL OF THE KING IN PARIS / 6 OCT. 1789.
1789
Diameter: 53 mm
Slight scratches.
See original version (French)
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Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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