Lot 1331
Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715). Cast Bronze Medal, made in Toulouse, 1667. 53 mm, 56.6g, unsigned. The Porte de Sète and Canal de Lanquedoc. Armoured bust of the King right, resting on exergual line, VNDARVM TERRAQVE POTENS… Rev. Cityscape of the harbour area of Sète and canal, EXPECTA DIV POPVLIS COMMERCIA PANDIT. (BMC (Jones) 345; TN III, pl 4, 3). Good patina. Very fine. Estimate $400UP
From the collection of medals formed by William Victor Royle Baldwin (known as Roy or Uncle Roy), one of A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd founder's three sons, he was born in 1893.
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