Lot no. 851
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Louis XV (1715-1774). Medal, marriage of the Comte d'Artois (Charles X) with Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, by B. Duvivier MDCCLXXIII (1773), Paris.
Av. LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS. Aged and laurelled head of the King on the right; signature B. DUVIVIER F below.
Rv. SPES ALTERA. The couple, dressed in antique style, facing an altar set on fire by the Hymen flying in the clouds with a lighted torch; Charles with the shield of France and the shield of Marie-Thérèse of Savoy on the ground below the hymen; signature DUVIV; in the exergue: M. THER. REG. SARD. FILIA / CAR. PHIL. COMITI ARTES. / NUPTA / (date).
Nocq 170 - Divo 183 - Térisse p.86 ; Silver - 32,210 g - 41,5 mm - 12 h
Rare example listed on CoinArchives, from an Elsen 91 sale, 24 March 2007, no. 2108.
Only minor handling marks. Nice collector's patina. Very rare. Superb.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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