CNG 96, Lot: 1434. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. temp. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Medal (34mm, 22.69 g, 12h). Prize awarded to Alexandre Quentin from the École de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Rouen at the Concours Pillore. Paris mint. Dated 1866. CONCOURS/PILLORE/1866. in three lines engraved and blackened for emphasis; all within laurel wreath / PRIX/QUENTIN/ALEXANDRE in three lines within laurel wreath. Edge: ÉCOLEDE MÉDECINE ET DE PHARMACIE DE ROUEN, engraved and blackened for emphasis; bee and OR. Cf. A. Latour, ed., L’union médicale. Journal des intérèts scientifiques et pratiques, moraux et professionenels du corps médical Nouvelle Série, Vol. 33 (1866), p. 48 (for information about the Concours Pillore). As Issued.