Lot no. 1904
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XIV (1643-1715). Medallion, the chancellor Michel Le Tellier, by Francesco Bertinet 1678, Paris.
Av. MICHA* LETELLIER* - FR* CANCELLARIVS* / 1678 (legend treated with a dotted background). Bust on the right of the chancellor Michel Le Tellier, half-body, with the order of the Holy Spirit; below signature BERTINET.
Rv. Smooth.
Forrer VII, pp.76-77 - RBN 1902, pp.343-354 - TNG III pl. XIX, n°1 - J. Jacquiot, Expo. Hôtel des Monnaies, 1970, n°355 - Lyon, n°166 ; Bronze - 233,77 g - 136 mm - 12 h
From a sale WAG online 72, 12 February 2017, n° 116.
With suspension hole. The fields slightly retouched and rubbed. Beautiful brown patina. Superb.
Michel Le Tellier (1603-1685) was marquis of Barbezieux, lord of Chaville, d'Étang and Viroflay, chancellor of France in 1677 and later Garde des Sceaux.
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