447, Lot: 651. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. Restrike AR Medal (43mm, 47.74 g, 12h). On the Opening of the Suez Canal, 17 November 1869. By O. Roty. Dated 1869 (but struck circa 1880 to 1898, and 1901). L´EPARGNE · FRANÇAISE · PREPARE · LA · PAIX · DV · MONDE ·, female, wearing stephane and holding laurel branch and torch, seated right on bundled package set on daïs inscribed O. ROTY; overturned cornucopia propped at base; to right, female standing facing, head left, holding object (savings bank?) and pointing at machinery; aerial view of Canal behind / COMPAGNIE · VNIVERSELLE · DV · CANAL · MARITIME · DE · SVEZ ·, LE ·/17 · NOVEMBRE ·/1869 ·/LE · CANAL · MARITIME ·/A · ETE · OUVERT ·/A · LA ·/GRANDE NAVIGATION ·/–––– in eight lines. Edge: (cornucopia) ARGENT. Divo, Napoleon III 606. Toned. EF.