French (uncertain date), Unknown Man, uniface tin/lead alloy medal, CONTINVER SANS ESTRE LAS (“continue without being there”), bust right wearing hat and flanked by two shields; the blank reverse with a largely illegible French inscription in black ink, 60mm, twice pierced, an extremely fine cast of uncertain date, apparently unrecorded Provenance: John R. Gaines collection; Peter Tillou (1998); Kunst und Münzen XXIX, 1993, lot 1109; Armand Trampitsch collection; Émile Bourgey auction, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1 December 1943, lot 34.There is a black ink inscription on the reverse; in the Bourgey sale of 1943 it was read as “Anthoine P… conseiller au Parlement de Grenoble en l’année 1487-1515” but it is now difficult to decipher.

Estimate: GBP 150 - 200