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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 37  25 Sep 2019
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Lot 573

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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USA/France, Louis XV, the Régiment de la Calotte, bronze medal, by Joseph Charles Roettiers, Momus, God of Mirth, enthroned amid clouds, holding sceptre with Jester's head, RIDERE REGNARE EST, rev. coat of arms, a shield emblazoned with the moon in three phases above a jester's head on a field of bees, a jester's cap with rat and pennant above, supported by monkeys in livery holding smoking cornucopiae, LUNA DUCE AUSPICE MOMO, 44mm. (Adams S-3; Betts 66-70, note 3), virtually mint state with much original redness, rare
See also Betts, 'Descriptive List of Medals Relating to John Law and the Mississippi System', Boston 1907.
(200-250 GBP)
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