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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Coins & Banknotes / FRANCE, Inauguration de la nouvelle Sorbonne, Paris [Opening of the
FRANCE, Inauguration de la nouvelle Sorbonne, Paris [Opening of the New Sorbonne], 1889, a bronze medal by C.-P. G.-A. Pillet, the old Sorbonne, personified by a seated woman to right, welcomes the new Sorbonne, personified by a young girl holding a sealed parchment in her left hand and, in her right, a laurel branch and a plaque engraved with an inscription, the scene witnessed by a third robed female representing Paris, elevation of the new Sorbonne in the background, rev. a young girl draped in classical style, with her bosom bared, sits reading under a tree, a view of the Latin Quarter in Paris, showing the site of the new Sorbonne buildings by her feet, arms of the Republic and of Paris framed in oak and laurel above, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 80mm, 273.75g (CGMP p.314; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.23, 109; BDM VIII, 132; cf. MDC 15, 1596). Extremely fine, dark patina, scarce £100-£150.
Estimate:£100
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OCT 8 | 3:00 PM
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£128.09
Banque de l’Algerie, a large format (roughly A3) leather-bound book
10/01/2026
£9,000
Est: £7,000
OCT 17 | 10:00 PM
