Silver medal France 1602

Lot 1224 limit € 70

Cast silver, 1602, av. the French chancellor Pomponne de Bellièvre (1529-1607) bust right, rv. a sunny landscape, a farmer tilling a field, DISCVTIT VT COELO PHOEBVS PAX NVBIL(a) TERRIS, D ca. 46 mm, ca. 32.6 g, Pomponne de Bellièvre was in the diplomatic service of the French king Henry III. and became Chancellor of France at the ripe old age of 70