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LOUIS XVI – Silver medal commemorating the birth of the Daup…
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116
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LOUIS XVI – Silver medal commemorating the birth of the Daup…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
LOUIS XVI – Silver medal commemorating the birth of the Dauphin Louis-Joseph – Nicolas-Antoine GATTEAUX (1751–1832) (engraver)
Facing busts of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, with the signature ‘N. Gatteaux’; on the reverse, the Allegory of France presenting the Dauphin, with the signature ‘N. Gatteaux’ on the base.
Obverse inscription: LUD. XVI. FR. ET. NAV. REX* MAR. ANT. AUST. REG. FR.
Reverse inscription: FELICITAS – PUBLICA // IN THE EXERGUE IN THREE LINES: NATALES DELPHINI/ DIE XXII OCTOBRIS/ MDCCLXXXI.
Circa 1781
Diameter: 33 mm
Weight: 15.8 g
See original version (French)
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