Inspired by the Libertas Americana Medal

CNG 99, Lot: 1150. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Convention nationale. 1792-1795. Æ Medal (39mm, 41.08 g, 12h). The Casting of a Bell of Pure Metal for the Convention Nationale by the Artists Assembled at Lyon. By A. Galle. Dually-dated L’An I of the French Republic and 1792 in Roman numerals. LIBERTE FRANÇOISE, head of Liberty left; behind, phrygian cap on pole; L’AN I · DE LA · R · F · / A LA/CONVENTION/NATIONALE/PAR LES/ARTISTES REUNIS/DE LYON/PUR METAL/DE CLOCHE/FRAPPE EN/MDCCXCII in ten lines; all within wreath. Bramsen 190b; Mazard 318a. EF, dark brown surfaces.

Ex iNumis 20 (12 March 2013), lot 1003.