A beautiful 19th/20th century Paris mint print of a Henry de Valois medal.
A wonderfully preserved piece. Fully mint, with an exquisite fresh mirror.
Silver, diameter 42.5 mm, weight 44.1 g.
Obverse: royal bust in laurel wreath and armor, above arabesques. In the rim:
HENRICVS III D G FRANCORVM ET POL REX (Henry III by God's grace king of Fration and Poland).
Reverse: figure of the king on horseback modeled after Alexander of Macedon. In the rim:
IMAGO TALIS ALEXADRI TIGRIN SVPERANTIS (This is how Alexander crossed the Tigris).
