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11 & 12 October 2021

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Lot

№ 1651

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11 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£25

FRANCE, Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, seated figure of La France holding torch, being presented with a bag of money by a robed figure, rev. legend commemorating the opening of the Canal in 1869, 42mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Coll. R. Marx 21; PBE –; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 147; BDM V, 230; cf. DNW 138, 2960). Very fine £40-£50