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FRANCE. Musee Social Silver Award Medal, ND (ca. 1896). Paris Mint. UNCIRCULATED.
60.5mm; 99.95 gms. Maier-99. By O. Roty. Unawarded. Obverse: NON SOLVM LIBRORVM PERLECTIONE SED RERVM CONTEMPLATIONE VERVM REPERITVR, female scholar, in attitude of contemplation, seated right in study, with charts spread across desk; outside window, view of factories at a distance; Reverse: A SES OUVRIERS LA FRANCE RECONNAISSANTE, two men advancing left into the museum. Edge: [cornucopia hallmark] ARGENT. Quite elegant and alluring, this large silver issue displays Roty's classic Art Nouveau flair.
From the Provence Collection of French Art Medals.
Estimate: $150.00- $300.00
60.5mm; 99.95 gms. Maier-99. By O. Roty. Unawarded. Obverse: NON SOLVM LIBRORVM PERLECTIONE SED RERVM CONTEMPLATIONE VERVM REPERITVR, female scholar, in attitude of contemplation, seated right in study, with charts spread across desk; outside window, view of factories at a distance; Reverse: A SES OUVRIERS LA FRANCE RECONNAISSANTE, two men advancing left into the museum. Edge: [cornucopia hallmark] ARGENT. Quite elegant and alluring, this large silver issue displays Roty's classic Art Nouveau flair.
From the Provence Collection of French Art Medals.
Estimate: $150.00- $300.00