CNG 99, Lot: 1148. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Marie Antoinette. Queen consort, 1774-1792. AR Medal (30mm, 9.36 g, 12h). Execution of Marie Antoinette. By Loos. Dated 1793
in Roman numerals. MARIE ANTOINETTE REINE DE FRANCE, diademed and draped bust left / I’ACCUSE IE IUGE I’EXTERMINE (
the judge is both the jury and the executioner), Fury standing facing, head left, holding weighted scale and torch; in two lines in exergue, LE XVI OCTOBRE/MDCCXCIII. Sommer A36; Julius 335. Choice EF, lightly toned and highly lustrous.