HOMAGE FROM THE SIXTH CORPS OF PARIS MERCHANTS DELIVERING PRISONERS

DUVIVIER, Benjamin: France, 1763, Bronze, 74 mm
Obv: Equestrian statue of Louis XV    LUDOVICUS XV. PATRIAE PARENS DILECTISSIMUS
Exergue:  VERA LAUS REGIS AMOR CIVIUM (The True Praise of the King Is the Love of the Citizens)
Rev: Sun shining on seaport    SEDAT FLUCTUS TERRAM ALIT ARTES FOVET (He Appeases the Floods, Nourishes the Land, Favors the Arts)
Exergue:  SEX MERCATORUM PARIS. ORDINES. MDCCLXIII
Signed:  B. DUV / B.DUVIVIER F.
Rare
Ref: Babelon, J. and Jacquiot, J. 165

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