261, Lot: 491. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. Æ Medal (73mm, 164.75 g, 12h). Commemorating the birth of the Dauphin. By J. Duvivier. Dated 7 September 1729 in Roman numerals. LUDOVICO XV. Fr. ET NAV. REGI OPTIMO, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; LUTETI.A below / REGI/ OB NATALES DELPHINI/ FESTIVOS INTER IGNES/ CŒNAM URBS PRÆBET,/ PRÆFECTUS MINISTRAT,/ PRINCIPIBUS ÆDILES/ VII. SETEMB/ MDCCXXIX within wreath. Trésor pl. XLIII, 7. Near EF, attractive brown surfaces.

Ex Michael Hall Collection.