[CORSICA-LOUIS XV] Circular bronze medal: - Obverse: "LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS". Bust of the sovereign wearing a headband, facing right, with the monogram F.M. - Reverse: "REBELLES CORSICAE - MOTUS COMPRESSI // IN THE EXERGUE: M. DCC. XI..". Corsica, personified as a woman draped in the classical style and holding a shield bearing her coat of arms, is kneeling before Mars, who carries a flag bearing fleurs-de-lis and commands her to submit to the Republic of Genoa—which he points to—represented by a woman with a turreted helmet leaning on a shield bearing her coat of arms. Monogrammed J.C.R. for Joseph Charles RÖETTIERS. Diameter: 41 mm. Signs of wear.
Estimate
€200 - €300
Buyer's premium
26%
[CORSICA-LOUIS XV]
Circular bronze medal:
- Obverse: "LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS".
Bust of the sovereign wearing a headband, facing right, with the monogram F.M.
- Reverse: "REBELLES CORSICAE - MOTUS COMPRESSI // IN THE EXERGUE: M. DCC. XI..".
Corsica, personified as a woman draped in the classical style and holding a shield bearing her coat of arms, is kneeling before Mars, who carries a flag bearing fleurs-de-lis and commands her to submit to the Republic of Genoa—which he points to—represented by a woman with a turreted helmet leaning on a shield bearing her coat of arms. Monogrammed J.C.R. for Joseph Charles RÖETTIERS.
Diameter: 41 mm.
Signs of wear.
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