380, Lot: 637. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. Premier restauration, April 1814–May 1815. Æ Medal (51mm, 61.90 g, 18h). Arrival at Calais. By Andrieu. Dated 24 April 1814 (
in Roman numerals). LVDOVICVS · XVIII FRANC · ET · NAV · REX, head right, with hair tied in small ribbon / BORBONIDAE · PATRIAE · ET · SOIO · REDDITI, Gallia striding right to greet Europa, bearing globe, and Louis standing left, holding palm frond; plinth and coat-of-arms of France behind Gallia, prow of ship behind Louis; REGIS · APPVLSVS · AD · PORTVM · ICCIVM/ XXIV · APRIL · MDCCCXIV. Bramsen 1407. EF, brown surface.
Ex Varesi 64 (29 April 2014), lot 354.