419, Lot: 515. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. Æ Medal (40mm, 38.43 g, 12h). Premier Restauration (First restoration). Constitutional Charter. By Andrieu. Dated 4 June 1814 (in Roman numerals). LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE, bust right / Louis enthroned left, holding lis-tipped scepter, resenting constitution to three men standing right, extending arms; in exergue, CHARTE CONSTITUTIONELLE/ IV JUIN MDCCCXIV. Bramsen 1468; Collignon 37. Choice EF, brown surfaces.

Ex Varesi 64 (29 April 2014), lot 366.

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.