The Christopher Foley, F.S.A., Collection Of Early English Medals - 16th October 2014
Lot 39
François II
Estimate £60 - £80 | Hammer £140
+ Buyers Premium
Description
François II, King of France (1544-1549-1560), the Peace of Edinburgh, 1560, a 19th century restitutional copper medal, 1560, believed by Jean Baptiste Salmson, copying a (now lost) 16th century jeton, laureate bust left, wearing armour and sash, rev., two cornucopiae from which emerge the busts of François and Mary, the crowned letter F between them, ABVNDANTIA PVBLICA GALLIAR, in ex, PAX CVM ANGLIS, 53.5mm (MI 97/17; BMC [Jones] Vol I, 224). Extremely fine.
Provenance: Bt. R. Gladdle, December, 2010.