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Electronic Auction 395  12 April 2017
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Lot 521

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 70 USD
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FRANCE, Premier Empire. temp. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Æ Medal (42mm, 38.29 g, 12h). Athénée du Vaucluse – Prize Medal. By Andrieu. Dated 1811 (in Roman numerals). River-goddess Sorgue reclining left, resting arm on overflowing jug; to left, two wreaths set on plinth, upon which rests a lyre; cliffs of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse in background; in exergue, MUSIS ARVIBUS ARVIS/ MDCCCXI / G DE STASSART PRÉSIDENTDE L'ATHÉNÉE DE VAUCLUSE A F PETRARQUE MDCCCXI, wreath. Bramsen 1144. Good VF, brown surfaces. Not presented.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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