Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
E-Auction 67 24-25 Sep 2022
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Feuardent 4951; Julius 778; Silver 21.46 g., 36 mm; by Dumarest; Obv: LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE (Wisdom secures fortune"). Allegorical standing figures of Wisdom, left, turned to the right, holding a shield with the head of Medusa, and stretching out his arm toward Fortune, right, turned towards Wisdom, pouring coins from his horn of plenty into a treasury box. Behind Fortune, a sword and a shield. Signed in exergue / Rev: BANQUE/ DE/ FRANCE/ AN VIII, within wreath of oak and olive branches; AUNC with hairlines.
Feuardent 4951; Julius 778; Silver 21.46 g., 36 mm; by Dumarest; Obv: LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE (Wisdom secures fortune"). Allegorical standing figures of Wisdom, left, turned to the right, holding a shield with the head of Medusa, and stretching out his arm toward Fortune, right, turned towards Wisdom, pouring coins from his horn of plenty into a treasury box. Behind Fortune, a sword and a shield. Signed in exergue / Rev: BANQUE/ DE/ FRANCE/ AN VIII, within wreath of oak and olive branches; AUNC with hairlines.