287, Lot: 670. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Æ Medal (68mm, 143.15 g, 12h). For the Traductions des auteurs Latins series, edited by C. L. F. Panckoucke. By J. J. Barre. Dually-dated 1825 and 1836 in Roman numerals. Struck 1837. Personifications of History, standing left inscribing tablet, Philosophy, enthroned facing with open book on lap, and Poetry, holding lyre / List of volumes in the collection; palm frond and olive branch flanking. Collignon –; Forrer p. 52. EF.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.

The “Traductions des auteurs Latins” series was an important collection of classical Latin works translated into modern French.