medal
- Museum number
- M.2253
- Description
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Cast brass medal. (whole)
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Louis XIII as Apollo, laureate, with a bow and a quiver. (obverse)
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Louis as Apollo killing the python. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1617
- Dimensions
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Thickness: 0.60 - 3.60 millimetres
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Diameter: 47.50 millimetres (excluding rim)
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Diameter: 49.500 millimetres
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Weight: 24.79 grammes
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 2
Composition of medal:
89.9% Cu, 5.5% Zn, 0.9% Sn, 1.2% Pb, 2.1% Ag, 0.4% Sb.
Refers to the death of Concino Concini, killed on the drawbridge of the Louvre by the Marquis de Vitry, on the King's orders.
Possibly copied from an engraving in the Bibliothèque Nationale, done a few days after the event (see 1). The scene derives from ancient coins struck under Trajan Decius in Side and Marcus Aurelius and Elagabalus in Hierapolis.
The unusual alloy is similar to that of registration no. G3,IP.1104 and it is possible that they are from the same source.
Other examples:
(a) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France (BN, Paris), Sér. Roy. 411, cast silver, 50 mm (47.5 mm excl. rim).
(b) BN, Paris, Sér. Roy. 412, cast bronze, 49 mm (47 mm excl. rim).
(c) Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, cast bronze, pierced, 49 mm. The reverse legend reads 'SIC CONTERE HOSTES'.
(d) Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7, A369-1910 (Salting Bequest) bronze, 51 mm.
(e) Den kongelige Mont-og Medaillensamlung, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, bronze, 50 mm.
Bibliography:
1. T.N. Méd. Fr. I pl. 36 no. 6.
2. Mazerolle II, no. 813.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.2253
- C&M catalogue number
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MF2 (Jones 2) (293) (335)
