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425, Lot: 746. Estimate $200.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier République. Convention nationale. 1792-1795. Hollow Cast Æ Satirical Plaquette (40x57mm, 22.29 g, 12h). On the Dechristianization of the French Republic. Dated L’An 2 (1793). Mule, dressed in episcopal regalia, advancing right and trampling religious objects; radiant delta above; MORT AU/FANATISME in two lines to right; ET A LA/SUPERSTITION in two lines to left; VILLE AFFRANCHIE./L´AN II R. F. in two lines in exergue / Minerva standing slightly left, holding shield inscribed LA/LIBERTÉ/OU and spear; to left, draped skeleton (as Death) standing facing, holding scythe set on ground; radiant Liberty Cap above; B. vN. cGIC. JR. JR. GR. LD/cT. cB. M. EB. in two lines in exergue. Julius 439. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare and of historical interest.