Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Nicolas Brulart de Sillery. 1544-1624. Cast Æ Medal (70.5mm, 94.00 g, 12h). By Guillaume Dupré (circa 1579-1640) . NI BRVLARTVS A SILLERY FRANC.ET NAVAR CANCEL, bust right, wearing robes and a fur cape; below bust, G. DVPRE. F. / LABOR ACTVS IN ORBEM (toil performed in a circle [Verg. G. II 401] ), Apollo driving the chariot of the sun to right, above the celestial globe on which can be seen Cancer, Leo and Virgo, with Hydra and others below and above. Jones 46; Pollard 644 = Kress 563; Smolderen 26. Traces of a removed mount, otherwise an excellent contemporary cast with a fine brown patin. Near EF. A splendid medal with a wonderful portrait.


Ex Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), lot 50.