ENTRY OF LOUIS XVI INTO PARIS

DUVIVIER, Benjamin: France, 1789, Bronze, 52 mm
Obv: Bust of Louis XVI    LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS
Rev: Arrival scene: King, Queen, and Dauphin led by City Tyche of Paris to the Tuileries Palace, where a large crowd waits   
J'Y FERAI DESORMAIS MA DEMEURE HABITUELLE
Exergue:  ARRIVEE DU ROI A PARIS LE 6. OCT. 1789
Signed:  B. DUVIVIER F. / DUVIV
Ref: Hennin 50/63; Molinari 77/294;  Europese Penningen # 1727

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