The Execution of Louis XVI

317, Lot: 544. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. 1774–1793. Æ Medal (51mm, 61.10 g, 12h). The Execution of Lous XVI. By Küchler. Dated 1793. LUD · XVI · D : G · FR · ET NAV · REX · MAR · ANT · AUSTRIA · REG ·, FATI INIQUI, conjoined busts of Louis and Marie Antoinette / CRINEMQUE ROTANTES SANQUINEUM POPULIS ULULARUNT TRISTI GALLI ·, Louis’ head being held up to crowd and militia gathered around guillotine; in exergue, XXI JANUARIUS/ ANNO MDCCXCIII in two lines. Julius 254. EF, brown surfaces, light edge bump and minor reverse die breaks.