Foreign Medals, France, Henri IV (1553-1589-1610) and Marie de Medici (1575-1642), cast bronze medal, 1603, conjoined busts r., he in decorated armour with sash and wearing the St. Esprit, she with hair high and lace collar, HENR IIII R CHRIST MARIA AVGVSTA, rev. Henri as Mars and Marie as Minerva, clasp hands, the infant Dauphin stands between, his foot on dolphin, placing helmet on his head, PROPAGO IMPERI, 67mm. (BMC [Jones] II, 15; Kress 556; Maz II, 656), beaded border to both sides, a contemporary cast, pierced between heads and I of CHRIST, very fine
(150-200 GBP)