France, Capture of Ath, AE Medal, 1697, by Mauger, LUDOVICUS MAGNUS REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS., bare head right, rev. TENERA GALLIS PATENS ., soldier presents standard to a river god, ATHA CAPTA . M . DC . XCVII ., 41mm, 27.71g (van Loon, IV, 245), some deposits to the legends yet with traces of original mint red alongside, lustrous to brown fields, extremely fine, better to reverse; Arrival of the King in Paris, AE Medal, 1789, Benjamin Duvivier, LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS, draped bust right, VILLE DE PARIS, rev. JY FERAI DESORMAIS MA DEMEURE HABITUELLE, King accompanied by Marie-Antoinette, who is holding the hand of the Dauphin, and Paris personified, who is leading them to the Tuileries Palace, ARRIVEE DU ROI A PARIS LE 6 : OCT . 1789, in exergue in two lines, 53mm, 71.40g (Hennin 63), traces of contact marking and stained to the obverse, small metal flaw to the reverse legend as usually encountered, very fine, the reverse better (2)
