Lot 506
A BRONZE FRENCH PRE REVOLUTION MEDALLION.
A 60mm diameter medallion, with the facing busts of Louis XV1 and Marie Antoinette, by the designer J Duvivier The obverse legend reads, LUD .XV1.FR. ET. NAV. REX. MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG.. The reverse legend with shipping in the reads, ASSERENDI NOVA SPES COMMERCII. Regi de Orto SS Delphini Sex Mercator. Paris. Ordines Gratulantur Ausp Ducis De Cosse. Urbis Gub. Die 1V Nov MDCCLXXX1.
Celebrating the birth of the Dauphin in 1781, from Paris merchants hoping for stable trading and Royal leadership in difficult times. The Dauphin died in 1789 aged 8 years old.
