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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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