The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

FRANCE/SPAIN, Exposition de la Médaille Espagnole Actuelle à la Monnaie de Paris [Exhibition of Modern Spanish Medals at the Paris Mint], 1964, a bronze medal by F. Somoza for the Club français de la Médaille, two symbolic heads vis-à-vis, rev. Gallic cock and Spanish lion rampant face each other across a divided field, edge impressed br 15/250 and cornucopia, 81mm, 309.40g (CGMP p.1760). Extremely fine, rare £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Simmons, August 2003

Edition of 250. The exhibition, held in October and November 1964, was the brainchild of Dr Luis Auguet y Duran, then head of the Madrid mint, who proposed the idea to Pierre Dehaye, his counterpart in Paris, in the spring of 1963.