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France, Le Frappeur Grec, c.1900, an octagonal bronze plaque by O. Yencesse, Greek moneyer striking a coin by hand, reverse Syracusan decadrachm, named (Paul Gavault, ami vigilant de ses artistes et de son personnel, Odéon 1er Janvier 1916), 100 x 87mm, edge stamped 175 (PBE –; BDM VIII, 304; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.50, 206; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 50-1; cf. BDW 18, 420 and DNW 35, 505). About very fine, very rare as a personally-named plaque (£70-90)

Paul Gavault, playwright, Director of the Théater de l’Odéon, Paris, 1914-21