CHARENTE-MARITIME. Pierre-Henri SEIGNETTE (La Rochelle 1735- - Lot 183

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CHARENTE-MARITIME. Pierre-Henri SEIGNETTE (La Rochelle 1735- - Lot 183
CHARENTE-MARITIME. Pierre-Henri SEIGNETTE (La Rochelle 1735-1807), numismatist, perpetual secretary of the Académie de La Rochelle; he was also mayor of La Rochelle (1771-1776). Autograph letter signed to a numismatist in Poitiers. 1 p. ½ in-4. La Rochelle, June 1, 1773. Reinforced edges. On an antique medal found in Melle. He did not receive his sheet of May 27. "J'en recours à Mesnier qui m'a prêté la sienne, j'y ai trouvé la note que je vous avois envoyé sur la med. De Tibère. I do not know the one of Vespasian that was found at Melle; it is very common to find a sow, either alone or with her young, on the reverse of the medals of this emperor, in memory of the subjugated Judea, but I cannot find any with deer, it is a pity that the medal is poorly preserved. I have just acquired from the heirs of M. de Sevigny the office of assessor with which he was endowed [...]".
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