Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, statesman. 1619-1683. Æ Medal (62mm, 135.48 g, 12h). By Roettier. Dated 1674. IOAN · BAPT · COBLERT · REGNI · ADMINISTER · REGI · AB · INTIMIS · CONSILIIS · ET · MANDATIS, bust right / ABSTINET · ET · SERVAT, dragon entwining neck around apple tree; in exergue, · 1674 ·. Julius II 1290 (this medal). Brown surfaces, some light marks and spotting, minor cabinet friction. EF.

Ex Dr. J.P. Julius Collection (Part II, Gaettens, 16 September 1959), lot 1290.