FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. AR Medal (30mm, 9.45 g, 12h). On his death. By Loos. Dated 21 January 1793 (in Roman numerals).

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FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. AR Medal (30mm, 9.45 g, 12h). On his death. By Loos. Dated 21 January 1793 (in Roman numerals). LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR IMMOLÉ PAR LES FACTIEUX, laureate head right / PLEURÉS ET VENGÉS LE! (mourn and avenge him!), France seated left, head right, leaning upon funerary urn and pointing toward toppled crown; tempest in background; in two lines in exergue, LE XXII IAN VIER/MDCCXCIII. Sommer A32; Julius 262. Toned, a few marks, graffiti (THG?) on obverse. Near EF.

From the David J. Fleischmann Collection. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part III, Numismatic Fine Arts/Bank Leu, 29 March 1985), lot 1135 (part of); T. Harrison Garret Collection; Henry D. Fowle Collection (Sullivan Bros & Libbie, 7 March 1883), lot 779.


Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 13:49:40 ET.

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