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Auction 17007  6-7 Dec 2017
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Lot 566

Starting price: 80 GBP
Price realized: 280 GBP
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France, Henry IV, Battle of Ivry 1590, bronze medal, bust right, rev. victoria yvriaca, the French crown impaled on a sword, flanked by laurel branches bearing shields of Frace and Navarre, 50mm., edge stamped cuivre (BM i, 179; BN. Fr. I pl. 27, no. 3) an attractive restrike, possibly late 19th century, of the contemporary medal celebrating the Huguenot victory at Ivry, extremely fine, rare
The British Museum only has restrikes (one 19th and one 20th century) of this extremely rare medal. In Mark Jone's catalogue (p.187) it is noted that the catalogue of the MusÈe MonÈtaire 'records obverse dies and puncheon copied from a contemporary die.'.

Estimate: £100.00-£150.00
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