Medals by Subject, Art: France driven by Fame, uniface gilt-bronze roundel, by Jean Warin, 1630, four horses driven by Fame, draw France, seated in a triumphal cart, Victory flies above, Fortune stands behind, TANDEM VICTA SEQVOR, 74mm (BMC [Jones] 182), a slightly later cast on a convex flan, integral suspension loop, the gilding part-worn, very fine
The image serves as the reverse of a medal of Armand-Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642).
(60-80 GBP)