CONSTITUTION 1791 - 1793 - Lot 226

CONSTITUTION 1791 - 1793 LUD - XVI D : G - FR - ET NAV - REX - MAR - ANT - AUSTR - REG -. Joined busts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on the right. C. H. K. on edge of arm. Below, FATI INIQUI. R/. CRINEMQUE ROTANTES SANGUINEUM POPULIS ULULARUNT TRISTA GALLI. And shaking this bloody hair, the French frightened the people with their mournful howls. Louis XVI guillotined in the Place de la Révolution, a man holding his head at arm's length and showing it to the crowd gathered around the scaffold. Flag on the left stamped DROIT DE L'HOMME and on the right: VIVRE LIBR under a beam surmounted by the bonnet of Liberty. Signed: P. In exergue: XXI JANUARIUS ANNO MDCCXCIII. Smooth edge. ♦ Julius 254-256; Hennin 465 Silver medal by C.H.KÜCHLER 1793. (63.00 g) Ø 51.18 mm Two very fine portraits. Superb. Execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1793.