Electronic Auction 543Lot: 721. ANCIENT THEMES. Cato the Elder. 234-139 BC. Cast Æ Medal (26mm, 9.82 g, 6h). By uncertain Italian artist, possibly Valerio Belli, or his school, circa 1520s-1540s, or slightly later. Good VF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 722. ANCIENT THEMES. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Cast Æ “Sestertius” (36mm, 30.53 g, 6h). Paduan type. Early cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 723. BELGIUM. Léopold I. 1831-1865. Æ Medal (75mm, 187.94 g, 12h). The 25th Anniversary of the King’s Accession. By Leopold Weiner. Dually-dated 1831 and 1856. As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 724. FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774–1793. Cliche Æ Medal (85mm, 105.60 g, 12h). Entry of Louis into Paris. By Andrieu. Dated 6 October 1789. As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 725. FRANCE, First Republic. Consulat. Napoléon Bonaparte. Premier Consul, 1799-1804. Æ Medal (60mm, 99.81 g, 12h). Column of the Department of the Seine. By Gatteaux. Dually dated 14 July 1789 and 25 Messidor L’An 8 ([AD 1800/1] in Roman numerals). EF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 726. FRANCE, First Empire. Napoléon I. 1804-1814. Set of twenty-four (24) Æ Medals. All modern restrikes. UNC.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 727. FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. 1757-1834. Æ Medal (46mm, 46.97 g, 12h). Start of the Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States. After a bust by François Augustin Caunois. Dually dated 1757 and 1824. Good VF
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 728. FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. CU Medal (49mm, 144.30 g, 12h). Interior of the Palais de l'Industrie of the 1855 Exposition Universelle. By Caque, Manguin & J. Wiener. Undated, but struck 1855. As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 729. FRANCE, Third Republic. 1870-1940. Cast Æ Presentation Medal (67mm, 138.90 g, 12h). The Spirit of Music – "Orphée endort Cerbère aux sons de sa lyre". By Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray (1864-1932). Undated, but struck 1899 for the 1900 Exposition Universe
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 730. FRANCE, Third Republic. Marshal Ferdinand Foch and the Signing of the Armistice at Compiègne. Cast Æ Medal (68mm, 140.70 g, 12h). By G. Pruhomme. Dually dated 1918 (in Roman numerals) and 8-11 November 1918. As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 731. GERMANY, Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Hannover (electorate). Georg Ludwig. 1698-1727. AR Medal (50mm, 65.57 g, 12h). For Georg August (later George II of Great Britain). By R. Faltz. Dated 1701. Good VF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 732. GERMANY, Münster (Bistum). Sede Vacante. 1761. AR Medal (56.5mm, 42.99 g, 12h). Augsburg mint. By J. Thiébaud. Good VF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 733. GERMANY, Ulm (city). AL Klippe Medal (32x32mm, 7.49 g, 12h). Commemorating the Opening of the New Shooting Range in the Weierbacher Tal. EF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 734. ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Alexander IV. 1254-1261. Æ Medal (38mm, 22.26 g, 12h). Papal Restitution issue. Manufactured in Nuremberg under the direction of Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer. Struck circa 1712. EF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 735. ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Julius II. 1503-1513. Cast Æ Medal (54.5mm, 47.63 g, 6h). By Cristoforo Foppa, “il Caradosso”. Dated 1506 (in Roman numerals). VF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 736. ITALY, Papal (Papal state). Alexander VII. 1655-1667. Cast Æ Medal (72mm, 119.40 g, 12h). Bernini’s Design For St. Peter’s Square. Reverse by Gasparo Morone. Dated 1657. Good VF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 737. SWITZERLAND, Republic and Canton of Genève. Genève. Æ Medal (60.5mm, 136.00 g, 12h). On the 300th Anniversary of the Death of John Calvin. By H. Bovy after A. Bovy. Triply dated 1509, 1564, and 1864. EF.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 738. RUSSIA, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Order of Friendship of Peoples (48x48mm). As made.
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 739. 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent. PCGS MS 64 RB. 20358073. .
Electronic Auction 543Lot: 740. 1879 S Morgan Dollar. PCGS MS 64. . Beautiful iridescent toning.