CNG 87, Lot: 2177. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOW COUNTRIES, Antwerpen. Peter Paul Rubens. 1577-1640. Æ Medal (68mm, 148 g, 12h). Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Death of the Artist and Statesman and the Commissioning of His Monument in the Groenplaats. By J. L. Hart. Dated 1840 in Roman numerals. Bust facing slightly left, wearing broad-rimmed hat and cape / STATUA DONATO RUBENIO CIVE SUO (a monument donated to Rubens by his own city), Rubens monument; in two lines in exergue, ANTVERPIA LÆTA/MDCCCXXXX (a joyful Antwerpen). Guioth pl. 43, 296. EF, warm reddish-brown surfaces. Magnificent relief.