Bidspirit auction | Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819)

Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819) - P.S. Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819) - Portrait of Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795), French writer and archaeologist. Signed: ”B. DUVIVIER F”. Bronze; diam.: 42 mm.; 37 gr. J·JAC· BARTHELEMY NAT·CASSICI IN PROVINC. 1716, OBIIT PARIS·1795 (front). VIRO / REI ANTIQUARIAE / PERITISSIMO, / PHOEN · ET PALMYN · LINGG · / ELEMENTOR · RESTITUTORI, / INSCRIPT · ET GALL · ACADEM · SOCIO, / NUMISM · GAZOPHYL · PRAESIDI, / ANACHARSEOS PER GRAEC · / ITINER · ENARRATORI / P·S·B DUVIVIER OFF · MEM · / CAELAT ET DIC. (back). Portrait of Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716-1795), French writer and archaeologist. The medal is signed ”B. DUVIVIER F”, indicating that it is the original work of Pierre-Simon-Benjamin Duvivier (1730-1819), son of fellow coin and medal engraver Jean Duvivier.