CNG 93, Lot: 1907. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved), with Marie Leszczyńska. 1715–1774. AR Medal (41mm, 30.02 g, 12h). Commemorating Motherhood and the Royal Marriage. By P. S. B. Duvivier. Dated 1725 in Roman numerals. MATERNUM PERTENTANT GAUDIA PECTUS (joy overflows a women’s bosom), woman seated left, holding infant; two children to left, wool spinner and French eagle with eaglets to right; in two lines in exergue, LA BONNE/MERE / SEDANDÆ POPULORUM ANXIETATI (in order to allay the public concern) on banner, in three lines in exergue, NUPTIÆ REGIÆ/FONTIBELLAOULO/M·DCC·XXV· (the royal wedding at Fontainebleau). Cf. Hutten-Czapski 2738-9 (same rev.). Good VF, toned. Rare.