Lot 01213

FRANCE. Antoine de Loménie, Councilor and Secretary of State, 1560-1638. Medal (Bronze, 47 mm, 33.41 g, 12 h), an old (original?) cast, attributed to Jean Warin, 1630. ANT DE•LOMENIE CONSEILLER ET SECRETAIRE DE STAT Bust of de Loménie to right, wearing ornate robes and a cap; below the truncation M DC XXX. Rev. ✤SIC✤TE✤REX✤MAGNE✤SEQVEBAR (=thus I followed you, great king) Within a linear circle over a landscape with a town, the chariot of the sun driven to right on the line of the Zodiac by a radiate Louis XIII; behind them Mercury rushing to follow them . Kress 580 = Pollard 668. Rouhette & Tuzio 95. Attractively toned. Remains of a removed loop, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of a Bon Vivant.

Antoine de Loménie, Lord of La Ville-aux-Clercs (between Châteaudun and Vendôme), was appointed Secretary of State in 1606 – he continued in the position until his death.