361, Lot: 628. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (34mm, 25.15 g, 12h). Agricultural Competition at Langres. Paris mint. By Barré. Dated 1873. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing stephane and grain ear wreath; name of engraver below / MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DU COMMERCE, LANGRES/1873 in two lines; CONCOURS AGRICOLE RÉGNAL ANIMAUX REPRODRS around; all within wreath composed of fruits and grains. Edge: (bee) OR. Cf. MJTM 4222 (for obv.). Superb EF, lustrous, light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 196 (24 September 2008), lot 259.