| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 12 | Auction date: 21 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 322 Price realized: 120 GBP (Approx. 151 USD / 140 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Napoléon, the transferal of his body from St Helena to France, unsigned bronze medal with edge stamped prow and CUIVRE (1842-45), laureate head right, rev. stellate design commemorating Napoleon's achievements in power, 52mm (Bramsen 1987. Julius 4006); together with Etienne Mehul (1765-1817), bronze medal by Veyrat, 41mm; Charles X (1824-30), Replacement of the Statue of Louis XIV, in Lyon, 1825, bronze medal by Galle, 30mm; first and third good extremely fine, the second very fine; Monnaie de Paris medals, in bronze or copper, commemorating the arts: Artists - Edgar Degas (1834-1917), unsigned, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 72mm; Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), by R. Vautier, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), artist's monogram unclear, struck by the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 62mm; Hans Holbein the younger (1497-1543), patinated medal by C. Lesot, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), by La Griffoul, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; these extremely fine to as struck; Monnaie de Paris medals, in bronze or copper, commemorating human achievement: Adventure – Jean Charles de Borda (1733-1799), physicist and navy officer, by A. de Jaeger, at the Monnaie de Paris in 1979, 68mm; Antoine De Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), writer, poet, journalist and pioneering aviator, by Belmondo, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; Henry de Montfried (1879-1974), author and adventurer, by J. Normand, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; these extremely fine to uncirculated; Monnaie de Paris medals, in bronze or copper: Places - Dunkirk, France, rectangular medal by R. B. Baron, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1973, 78x60mm; Fontainebleau – Antique Forêt de Bière, France, by J. Joachim, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1980, 68mm; Centenary of the Reunification of Lorraine and Barrois, 1966, by M. Charon, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; St Malo, France, by Lailler and Baron, struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 68mm; Paris, France, by Rock, undated, irregular shape, 97mm maximum; Ramatuelle, France, by CA [monogram], struck at the Monnaie de Paris, undated, 72mm; these extremely fine to uncirculated; Monnaie de Paris medals: Railways - bronze medals by C. Gondard, (6) Orient Express, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1982, 68mm; Steam locomotive, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1987, 72mm; André Chapelon (1892-1978), struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1988, 72mm; Gare de Paris-Lyon, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1987, 72mm; Gare de Paris-Nord, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1988, 72mm; Gare de Paris-Est, struck at the Monnaie de Paris in 1988, 72mm, these as struck. Total weight 4.045kg. (24) Starting price: 120 GBP |  |
