France, Louis XVI (1774-1792), The King Bids his Last Farewell to His Family, 1793, AE medal, by C.H. Küchler, LUD. XVI D:G. FR. ET NAV. REX. MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG., conjoined and draped busts right, FATI INIQUI in exergue, rev. AN EST DOLOR PAR DOLORI NOSTRO on a scroll, Louis XVI saying goodbye to his children, son Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy and daughter Marie-Therese Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême, his wife Marie Antoinette rests her head on his chest, Madame Elizabeth at right sobs into her handkerchief, guillotine and crowd in background, NATUS XXIII AUG. MDCCLIV. SUCO. X MAY MDCCLXXIV. DECOLL. XXI JAN. MDCCXCIII. in exergue in four lines, 48mm, 53.46g (Hennin 312/463; Pollard 1; Julius 251), nailmark to obverse field below chin and hairline die flaw through reverse, otherwise with highly lustrous and attractive surfaces, lightly toned, encased in the medals original shells, one half which is lightly dented, overall an extremely fine example
