Lot 426
426
Franois I, 1519, bronze medal, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. terrestrial and celestial globes beneath a crown, 53mm. (BM.217 rev. and 219 obv.), usual die flaw across face, good very fine

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Franois I, 1519, bronze medal, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, rev. terrestrial and celestial globes beneath a crown, 53mm. (BM.217 rev. and 219 obv.), usual die flaw across face, good very fine

Lot Essay

The Inventaire of the Musée Monétaire records 17th century dies, and notes the flaw on the obverse die. The 'Inventaire des poinons et coins' of 1697 states that these obverse and reverse dies were originally intended to be used together.