POLAND Election of Henry (future Henry III of France) - Lot 197

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POLAND Election of Henry (future Henry III of France) - Lot 197
POLAND Election of Henry (future Henry III of France) HENRICVS. D. G. POLONIÆ. REX. INVIC. Vintage. His laurelled and cuirassed bust to the right. R/. EXTERNO. PORTAT. SVA. LVMINA. MONDO. Two ships on the sea at sunset. On the shore, castle and windmill. Mazerolle 358; TNG XX,5 Medal in gilt bronze dated 1573. (12,67 g) Very rare. Very beautiful. Period strike on the occasion of the election of Henri de Valois as king of Poland (future Henri III) and the reception of the Polish ambassadors in Paris. This medal shows remains of gilding of the time. It can be related to a token of which we find a silver copy in the Cabinet des Medals of the BnF. This token or medal is listed in the work of Jacques de Bie entitled La France métallique, Paris. Camusat, 1636, Pl.73, No. IX; Mazerolle as medal; Ewa Kociszewska, The Sun King in the realm of eternal winter: the unknown medal of Henri de Valois, King of Poland (1573), French Studies Bulletin, n° 113, winter 2009, p.78-82 ; Cécile Merelli, Les jetons d'Henri III, Un instrument de légitimation du pouvoir, p.35-40. Provenance: COLLECTION Patrick DEVAUX
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