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FRANCE. Louis-Oscar Roty. Silver Medal. The Bastille, ND (ca. 1889). Paris Mint. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
50mm; 63.56 gms. Obverse: Bust of Marianne left, wearing Phrygian cap and wreath composed of oak and laurel branches; Reverse: View of the Bastille; garnished coat-of-arms with standards in exergue. Edge: [cornucopia] ARGENT located at 5h; also a collector's number (12) and a few scratches etched at 12h and 108 (or 801) in red enamel at 5h. Deep gray surfaces with some peripheral iridescence highlight this alluring and rather SCARCE medal, possibly utilized as a prize medal for the 1889 International Exposition.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $150 - $300
50mm; 63.56 gms. Obverse: Bust of Marianne left, wearing Phrygian cap and wreath composed of oak and laurel branches; Reverse: View of the Bastille; garnished coat-of-arms with standards in exergue. Edge: [cornucopia] ARGENT located at 5h; also a collector's number (12) and a few scratches etched at 12h and 108 (or 801) in red enamel at 5h. Deep gray surfaces with some peripheral iridescence highlight this alluring and rather SCARCE medal, possibly utilized as a prize medal for the 1889 International Exposition.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $150 - $300