Object Description
Jacques Edouard Gatteaux/Jean Jacques Barre (See biog. before no. 300), 302 CHARLES X (1757-1836), King of France, 1824-30 1825
Obv. Bust to right, crowned. Around, CAROLUS . X . REX . CHRISTIANISSIMUS; on truncation, E. GATTEAUX
Rev. Bishop anoints kneeling king while seven men observe. Around, REX . CAROLUS . COELESTI . OLEO UNCTUS; in exergue, ADSTANTIBUS . FRANCIAE . PARIBUS | REGIONUMQUE . DELECTIS . SUMMIS . LEGUM | ADMINISTRIS . EXERCIT . PROCERIBUS | GENTIUM . EXTERAR . LEGATIS | REMIS XXIX MAII | MDCCCXXV; below, BARRE F[superscript T] DE PUYMAURIN N . P .
Bronze, struck, 68 mm. Dies cracked, on obv. at truncation line, on rev. diagonally through center
Coronation medal. Charles was the brother of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII. He abdicated during the July Revolution of 1830. Jean Casimir de Mercassus, Baron de Puymaurin, was master of the Paris mint from 1816-30.
Bibl.: Forrer 2, p. 207; 4, p. 714 (for de Puymaurin).