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FRANCE. Louis-Oscar Roty. Bronze Medal. French School at Athens, 1898. Paris Mint. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
60mm; 108.17 gms. Obverse: Female personification of Archaeology seated left on fallen column, holding statuette; other recovered artifacts around; ruins in background; Reverse: View of the Acropolis; below, entwined laurel branch and palm frond, along with facade of the school. Edge: [cornucopia] BRONZE located at 1h. Another example of this alluring type, but here in bronze, this specimen presents great beauty and a charming nod to Neoclassicism.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $200 - $400
60mm; 108.17 gms. Obverse: Female personification of Archaeology seated left on fallen column, holding statuette; other recovered artifacts around; ruins in background; Reverse: View of the Acropolis; below, entwined laurel branch and palm frond, along with facade of the school. Edge: [cornucopia] BRONZE located at 1h. Another example of this alluring type, but here in bronze, this specimen presents great beauty and a charming nod to Neoclassicism.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $200 - $400