Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

François Baetes, a uniface bronze plaque, unsigned, bust of Baetes left, adorned by two naked infants with wreaths, 68 x 48mm; together with Congrès International de Numismatique et d’Art de la Médaille, Brussels, 1910, a bronze medal by G. Devreese and Prof. R. Bosselt, 65mm (BDM VII, 102) [2]. About extremely fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Historical Medals - The Property of a European Collector.

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François Ignace Baetes (1826-90), founded the Antwerp engraving and die-sinking manufactory which bore his name in 1852. The reverse of the 1910 International Congress medal, by the Darmstadt artist Rudolf Bosselt, is one of the earliest Art Deco medallic representations, and even now can be viewed as a brilliantly original design at least 15 years ahead of its time