395, Lot: 517. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. Æ Medal (50mm, 51.34 g, 11h). Construction of Le canal du Centre (Loire-Seine Canal). By B. Duvivier. Dated 1783 (in Roman numerals). LUDOVICO XVI FR ET NAVAR REGI OPTIMO, draped bust right; COMITIA BURGUND in exergue / UTRIUSQUE MARIS JUNCTIO TRIPLEX, Burgundy seated facing, holding caduceus in raised hand, resting other on bushels of grain and textiles; various river gods around; in exergue, FOSSIS AB ARARI/ AD LIGER SEQVAN RHENUM/ SIMUL APERTIL/ MDCCLXXIII. Good VF, scattered marks.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.