medal
- Museum number
- M.662
- Description
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Cast silver medal. Obverse at 180° to reverse. (whole)
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Bust of Antoine Nicolay, right, wearing a ruff. (obverse)
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An inscription within a laurel wreath. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1630
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 40 millimetres (obverse; excluding rim)
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Diameter: 40.000 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 2
Antoine Nicolay, Sieur de Yvor and Goussainville was, as the legend indicates, the fifth generation of his family to be Premier President of the Chambre des Comptes.
The star before the beginning of Antonius is very like those on a medal of François Miron (Mazerolle II, no. 744).
Other examples:
(a) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France (BN Paris), Sér. Icon. Fr. 265, cast silver, 42 mm (obverse 39.5 mm excluding rim).
(b) BN, Paris, Sér. Icon. Fr 266, cast bronze, 43.5 mm (obverse 40.5 mm excluding rim).
Bibliography:
1. Catalogue de Tous les Conseillers du Parlement de Paris pp. 95-6.
2. T.N. Méd Fr. I pl. 60 no. 5.
3. Mazerolle II, no. 877.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- M.662
- C&M catalogue number
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MF2 (Jones 2) (294) (339)
