Lot no. 1927
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XV (1715-1774). Medal, congratulations of the six bodies of merchants of Paris for the birth of the Duke of Berry (Louis XVI), by B. Duvivier 1754, (struck after 1770), Paris.
Av. LUDOVICO XV - OPTIMO PRINCIPI. Laurelled bust, draped and cuirassed, right; signature B. DUVIVIER F.
Rv. Within a laurel wreath with two knots, in six lines: OB NATUM / BITUR. DUCEM / SEX / MERCAT. PARIS. / ORDINES / (date).
Nocq type IB; Bronze - 186.5 g - 74 mm - 12 h
Contemporary strike, no hallmark (bust from the 1770s). With a beautiful brown patina. Superb.
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