439, Lot: 664. Estimate $400. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Henri IV le Grand (the Great). 1589–1610. Gilt Cast Æ Medal (66.5mm, 67.26 g, 12h). On the Dauphin’s Second Birthday. By Guillaume Dupré. Dated 1603. HENR IIII R CHRIST MARIA AVGVSTA, conjoined half-length busts of Henri, armored and wearing sash, and Marie, wearing ornate collar, right, wearing ornate collar; 1603 on truncation of arm; G DVPRE · F below; diamond stops / PROPAGO IMPERI, Henri, in classical military attire, standing right, seen from behind and holding spear and clasping right hand of Minerva, standing left and holding shield; additional shield on ground between, schuld standing facing with foot on dolphin, trying on helmet; above, eagle descending, holding crown in beak; date in exergue. Jones 15; Mazerolle 639; Pollard 637. EF, minor breaks in the gilding, mount removed.

From the Virtus Collection. Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries (8 January 2016), lot 42288.