LOUIS XVI and MARIE ANTOINETTE - Lot 872

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LOUIS XVI and MARIE ANTOINETTE - Lot 872
LOUIS XVI and MARIE ANTOINETTE Silver medal, dated 1781. Birth of the Dauphin October 22, 1781 (42 mm). Nocq 207; TNG LIII,5. Engraver : Benjamin Duvivier. A few small dings on the obverse and reverse. T.B. The Dauphin Louis Joseph Xavier François de France was born on October 22, 1781, the eldest son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the second child of the royal couple, and the first dauphin before Louis XVII. A child of fragile health, he died at the age of seven and a half in Meudon, on June 4, 1789, during the Estates General. Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (Paris, 1730-1819), son of Jean Duvivier, French draftsman and medallist, 13th general engraver of coins.
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