Paleontologist and Early Student of Neanderthal Man

425, Lot: 754. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. Marcellin Boule. 1861-1942. Cast Æ Medal (80mm, 244.20 g, 12h). On His 75th Birthday. By Paul-Marcel Dammann. Manufactured 1936. MARCELLIN BOULE, bust left; ÆTATIS/SVÆ/LXXV to left; artist’s signature to right; PALEONOTOLOGISTE below / Young nude female seated left, holding Neanderthal skull; below, horse head right in incuse. Edge: (decorated incuse trangle) BRONZE. See iNumis (8 December 2015), lot 129 (for another example). EF, minor deposits in devices.