Coins, Historical Medals and Numismatic Books

FRANCE, Henry IV and Marie de Medici, 1603, a cast gold medal by G. Dupré, henr iiii r christ maria avgvsta, conjoined busts right, date on truncation, rev. propago imperi, Henry (as Mars) and Marie (as Pallas Athena) standing, clasping hands, Dauphin standing at centre with right foot on dolphin and holding helmet, eagle above holding crown, 64mm, 117.92g (Jones 15; Pollard 637; Kress 556; BDM I, 656). A later cast, probably 18th century; fields tooled, file mark and traces of mounting on edge, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare in gold £9,000-£12,000

Provenance: The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and thence by descent