456, Lot: 635. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. AR Medal (46mm, 43.68 g, 12h). Louis Visits Paris and Dons the Cocarde tricolore, 17 July 1789. By Du Vivier. Dated 1789. LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇAIS, PERE D’UN PEUPLE LIBRE, laureate bust left; DU VIVIER below truncation of bust; ASSEMBL^E · DES ELECT^S · DE PARIS/LE ROI Y SÉANT/LE 17 JUILLIET/1789 in four lines in exergue / LIBERTÉ ASSUREÉ, Personification of the Revolution standing slightly left, head right inscribing JUILLET/ MDCC/ LXXXIX on monument; base inscribed PRESIDENTS/DES ELECTEURS/ J · DELAVIGNE/ ET M · L · E · MOREAU/DE S · T MERT in five lines: DU · VIV in exergue. Hennin 41, Julius 33. Iridescent toning, a few light scratches. EF. Very rare.