| Spink > Auction 23129 | Auction date: 26 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 10155 Price realized: 260 GBP (Approx. 330 USD / 305 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: France, The Dumont d'Urville Expedition of Antarctica (1837-1840), AE Medal, 1837, by Barre, LOUIS PHILIPPE I. ROI DES FRANCAIS., laureate bust left, rev. VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, EXPLORATION DU POLE AUSTRAL, ten line inscription, 12h, 56.38g, some deposits to the fields, otherwise with a handsome flashy lustre and toning beneath light brown surfaces, much as struck in original wooden case of issue; France, 300th Anniversary of the Reform of the Church of France, AE Medal, 1859, by A. Bovy, PREMIER SYNODE NATIONAL DES ÉGLISES RÉFORMÉES DE FRANCE, scene of the Synod, 26_28 MAY M . D. LIX in exergue, rev. TROISIÉME JUBLIÉ SÉCULAIRE DE L'ÉGLISE RÉFORMÉE DE FRANCE, open book, 29 MAI 1859 in exergue, 68mm, 145.59g (Whiting 729), small patch of staining to obverse, otherwise pleasing brown surfaces and a residual deep in the fields, much as struck; France, Pupilles de la Marine, AE Medal, 1862, by Barre, NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, laureate bust right, rev. PUPILLES DE' LA MARINE, Allegorical figure of the Navy, seated in profile, anchor before her, convers children with outstretched veil, LE CTE CHASSELOUP-LAUBAT MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES, in exergue in three lines, 60mm, 110.79g (Divo 468), with the most handsome toned and lustrous fields, as struck, in case of issue (3). Estimate: £300 - £400 |
