medal
- Museum number
- M.2231
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Bust of Henri IV, right, laureate, in armour and wearing a sash. (obverse)
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Henri and Marie de Medici clasp hands over a flaming altar. He holds a sceptre, she holds a cornucopia and heavenly light shines on them from above. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1604
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 56.000 millimetres
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Weight: 75.12 grammes
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 1
Other examples:
(a) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France, Sér. Roy. 321, struck silver gilt, 55.5 mm.
(b) Musée Monétaire, Paris, reverse die, no. 1035, 33 mm long, 60 x 60 mm at base, cracked.
Notes:
The legends are punctuated with four-pointed stops. The reverse legend refers to the fact that the love (flame) between the royal spouses had provided them with children.
Bibliography:
1. 'Inventaire des poinçons et coins', 1697, nos. 93 (puncheon for figure of Henri on reverse with one of his legs broken), 1035 (reverse die).
2. TN Méd. Fr. II pl. 2 no. 3.
3. Mazerolle II, 283.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- M.2231
- C&M catalogue number
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MF1 (Jones 1) (202) (195)
