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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 16  17 Apr 2018
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Lot 557

Estimate: 200 GBP
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Commemorative Medals, Foreign Medals, France, Louis XVI (1754-1774-1793), silver medal, in praise of age (LE BON VIEILLARD), by Nicolas Gatteaux and (rev.) Roettier, Agriculture, seated on wheat sheaths crowns an elderly farmer, DIGNUM LAUDE SENEM VETAT MORI, rev. the marriage, 1745, of Louis, as Dauphin, to the Spanish Infanta Maria Theresia, daughter of Philip V, Hymen stands between Fancia and Hispania who hold armorial shields, NOVUM DOMUS AUGUSTAE VINCULUM, 42mm. (rev. Divo 124), die flaw in exergue on obverse, nearly extremely fine, rare
Maria Theresia was to die in childbirth in 1746.
(200-250 GBP)
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