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France. Marie de Médicis (1600-1610).

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Medal in undated bronze (c. 1625), by Guillaume Dupré > Av / MARIA AVG GALL ET NAVAR REGIN (retrograde legend), bust of Marie de Médicis on the right, wearing jewels and ribbons, in ceremonial clothes. Rev./ LÆTA DEVM PARTV, Marie de Médicis, as Cybele, enthroned frontally, at her side a lion and Louis XIII as Jupiter, Henriette as Amphitrite, Christine as Diana, Elisabeth as Juno, and Gaston as Hercules. Later cast, VG. Diameter: 48,85 mm Weight 38,24 g Provenance: > Collection Étienne Victor Quenescourt (1837-1914) By descent Bibliography: Jones II, 61 (in silver). Consultant: Maxime Mégret-Merger