medal
- Museum number
- 1881,0501.2
- Description
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Cast gun-metal medal. (whole)
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Bust of Raoul de Rostaing, right, wearing classical armour and a sash, on a pedestal. (obverse)
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Raoul de Rostaing, accompanied by troops in classical armour, half kneels, leaning on a shield bearing the arms of the Rostaings (a wheel), and presents his sword to France. Fame flies above them. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1652
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 2.20 - 6 millimetres
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Diameter: 64.500 millimetres
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Weight: 74.65 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 2
Composition of medal:
80.7% Cu, 9.2% Zn, 6.7% Sn, 3.0% Pb.
Forms a pair with registration no. 1980,0102.7 and was presumably made by the same artist at the same time.
The medal marks the moment at which Charles de Rostaing's German ancestor pledged his allegiance to France.
Other examples:
(a) Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, lead, 63 mm.
Bibliography:
1. Chesneau Trophées métalliques des seigneurs de Rostaing.
2. T.N. Méd. Fr. I pl. 64, no. 6.
3. Blanchet no. 177.
4. E. Meunier Sale, Drouot Rive-Gauche, 30.11.1979, lot 7.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- 1881,0501.2
- C&M catalogue number
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MF2 (Jones 2) (296) (341)
