419, Lot: 514. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. Æ Medal (50mm, 59.60 g, 12h). Premier Restauration (First restoration). Constitutional Charter. By Andrieu & Jaley. Dated 4 June 1814 (in Roman numerals). LVDOVICVS · XVIII FRANC · ET · NAV · REX, bust right / FVNDAMENTA · LIBERTATIS · PVBLICAE, Louis enthroned left, receiving Constitutional Charter from France, standing right; in exergue, CHARTA · CONSTITVTIONIS/ A · REGE · TRADITA/ IV · IVN · MDCCCXIV. Bramsen –; Collignon 36. EF, brown surfaces. Rare.

Ex Varesi 64 (29 April 2014), lot 367.

Among the demands of the Congress of Vienna was that Louis create a constitution for France. The Constitution declared equality before the law, rights of due process, religious toleration, freedom of the press, the protection of private property, and an abolition of conscription.