Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

France, (1899) France. Junon and Pysché, an attractive bronze medal by Ferdinand Levillian, 47mm (PBE 565 [the date incorrect]; Coll. Marx 91; BDM III, p.426). Extremely fine and rare

Ferdinand Levillian (1837-1905), Paris born sculptor and medallist, a pupil of Lequien and Jouffroy he commenced exhibiting in 1861, and received the silver medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889. Madame Goldenberg describes him as “un puissant évocateur de l’antique”. This medal was issued by the Sociétié des Amis de la Médaille Français in a limited edition of eighty