Guillaume Dupré (c. 1579-1640), Pierre de Conty d’Argencourt (1575-1655, military engineer), as Maréchal de Bataille, bronze medal, 1630, P D C SR DARGENCOVR MARECH D BATTAILLE, bust right in armour, wearing lace collar and sash; below, G DVPRE F 1630, rev., INFERT ET SVSTINET 1630, Roman sword and shield tied with ribbon, 66.2mm (Jones 66; Mazerolle 704; Rouhette & Tuzio 86; Scaglia 471; Smolderen 41), pierced, light marks in the fields, a contemporary cast and about extremely fine with brown patina Provenance: John R. Gaines collection.

Estimate: GBP 1000 - 1500