395, Lot: 524. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis Philippe. 1830-1848. AR Medal (68mm, 83.6 g, 12h). Improvements to the Port of Marseilles. Paris mint. By A. Bovy. Dated 5 August 1844. LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANÇAIS, laureate head left / AGRANDISSEMENT DU PORT DE MARSEILLE/ LOI DU 5 AOÛT 1844, view of the port of Marseilles; in exergue, LOUIS PHILIPPE I RÈGNANT/ M^R DUMON MINISTRE/ DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS/ M^R DEGRAND SOUS-SECRET^RE/ D’ETAT. Collignon –. EF, toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from J. Hazelwood, 1959.