317, Lot: 542. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Jean Baptiste des Galois de la Tour. 1st president of the Parliament of Provence. Æ Medal (56mm, 71.70 g, 12h). By Dupré. Dated 1788. C. J-B. GALOIS DE LA TOUR. PR. PRESIDENT AU PARL. ET INTENDANT. DE PROVENCE, bust right within wreath / DECERNEE PAR L’ASSEMLEE DE COMMUNES DE PROVENCE EN 1788, draped male figure standing facing, holding wreath in right hand, caduceus and rudder in left; various instruments on and around plinth to left; in exergue, LE TIERS ETAT DE PROVENCE A CHARL. JEAN-BAP/ DE GALOIS DE LA TOUR INTENDANT/ DU PAYS SON AMI DEPUIS PLUS/ DE QUARANTE ANNEES in four lines. EF, brown surfaces.