Lot 287: [ FRENCH MEDALS ]

GUILLAUME DUPRÉ (c. 1579-1640) Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers and Rethel (1580-1637), bronze medal, 1608, CAROLVS DVX NIVERNEN ET RETHELEN P FRANCIAE, cuirassed and draped bust right; at truncation, 1608 G DVPRE F, rev., NEC RETRO GRADIOR NEC DEVIO, the sun shining from a zodiac, the earth below ringed by clouds, 52.2mm (Mazerolle 658; Jones 28; Smolderen 15), pierced, small stain on reverse but otherwise with a fine mottled brown patina, an extremely fine contemporary cast on a thin, slightly warped flan

Provenance: Numismatica Genevensis 5, 2-3 December 2008, lot 523.