Noted French Antiquarian, Nobleman, and Diplomat

374, Lot: 712. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). temp. Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. Æ Medal (42mm, 36.41 g, 12h). On the Death of the Pierre Jean Louis Casimir, Duc de Blacas, 17 November 1839. Obverse die by Durand, dated 1835. DUC DE BLACAS D’AULPS PAIR DE FRANCE., head left; DURAND 1835. below / IN/UTRAQUE/FORTUNA/FIDELIS (in whatever fortune faithful) in four lines within circlet of roses. Collignon –. EF, brown patina, a couple of light scuffs on high point of truncation of bust, hint of spotting, a few light hairlines.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Peus 327 (6 November 1989), lot 4038.