CNG 94, Lot: 1994. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (50mm, 85.50 g, 12h). Medal for Contest of Reproducers of Equine Species. Paris mint; Barré, engraver. Dated 1878. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing stephane and grain ear wreath; name of engraver below. Edge: Bee and OR / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, CONCOURS/DE REPRODUCTEURS?DE L’ESPÈCE/CHEVALINE in four lines across field. Cf. MJTM 4222 (for obv.). Choice EF, minor marks and hairlines. Includes original presentation case.

From the Clearwater Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 1355.