FRANCE - Lot 10

FRANCE LOUIS XIV and ANNE OF AUSTRIA Medal Accession of the Dauphin Obverse: LVDOVICVS XIIII DG FR ET NAV REX WARIN 1643 Clothed, 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 JANUARY 19, 1865 Engraver: Jean Warin 1643 Gold 93.13 g 56 mm Medal strike Edge engraved later for the marriage of Élisabeth Olive Emmanuelle de Crussol d’Uzès to Louis Marie Hector de Galard de l’Isle-Bozon A few surface scratches; nicks 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 Mill No. 14 (listed as gold, silver, bronze, and gilded bronze) JONES A Catalog of the French Medals in the British Museum, Volume 2, No. 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 Medal Cabinet with a lower weight (Med S r 491, 55 mm) A similar specimen of this medal in silver appeared at CGB on December 6, 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 July 9, 2020 In a vintage Emile Bourgey envelope, accompanied by a note: “Purchased on May 18, 1946, for 155,000 francs”

Estimate:$44,851.6

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