Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice June 2022 Auction 1-3 Jun 2022
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FRANCE. Execution of Louis XVI Silver Medal, 1793. Loos (Berlin) Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-61.
Julius-262; Henin-469. Diameter: 30mm; Weight: 9.29 gms. Obverse: LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR IMMOLÉ PAR LES FACTIEUX (slain by the rebels), bust right, wearing crown of thorns; Reverse: PLEURÉS ET VENGÉS LE! (mourn and avenge him!), France seated left, head right, leaning upon funerary urn and pointing toward toppled crown; tempest in background; in two lines in exergue, LE XXI IANVIER / MDCCXCIII. Edge: Plain. Highly lustrous and charmingly toned, with an alluring golden-cobalt hue near the peripheries. An interesting sympathetic piece made in neighboring Germany.
Estimate: $100 - $200
Julius-262; Henin-469. Diameter: 30mm; Weight: 9.29 gms. Obverse: LOUIS XVI ROI DE FR IMMOLÉ PAR LES FACTIEUX (slain by the rebels), bust right, wearing crown of thorns; Reverse: PLEURÉS ET VENGÉS LE! (mourn and avenge him!), France seated left, head right, leaning upon funerary urn and pointing toward toppled crown; tempest in background; in two lines in exergue, LE XXI IANVIER / MDCCXCIII. Edge: Plain. Highly lustrous and charmingly toned, with an alluring golden-cobalt hue near the peripheries. An interesting sympathetic piece made in neighboring Germany.
Estimate: $100 - $200