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LOUIS XVII – Bronze medal depicting the Temple Prison – Alex…
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119
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LOUIS XVII – Bronze medal depicting the Temple Prison – Alex…
See original version (French)
Estimate €40 - €50
Voluntary lot
Description
LOUIS XVII – Bronze medal depicting the Temple Prison – Alexis-Joseph DEPAULIS (1790–1867) and Romain Vincent JEUFFROY (1749–1826) (engraver)
A youthful bust of Louis XVII facing left; below, the signature ‘DEPAULIS F’; on the reverse, the Temple Prison; in the courtyard, an altar with three withered lilies, surmounted by the Genius.
Obverse inscription: LVDOVICVS. XVII. FRANCIAE. ET NAVARRAE. REX // REGNI. TANTVM. IVRA.
Reverse inscription: QVAM. REDDAT. HAEREDI; IN THE EXERGUE IN TWO LINES: LVDOVICVS. XVII. IN. VINCVLIS. OCCVMBIT / VIII. IVN. MDCCLXXXXV AND SIGNATURE JEUFFROY F.
Restoration period.
Diameter: 50 mm
An identical medal from a modern issue is included.
See original version (French)
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