Copper Medal of Louis XVI of France, Soho, Birmingham. 0000.999.46454

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.46454

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 54.1
    • Diameter (in mm): 47

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1793
  • Material: Copper
  • Symbol: C.H.K.| C.H. KUCHLER. FEC.

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: LUD. XVI D: G. FR. ET NAV. REX. MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG./ FATI INIQUI
    • Type: Overlayed busts to r. of Louis XVI, foreground, and Marie-Antoinette, background
    • Portrait: Louis XVI of France

  • Reverse

    • Legend: AN EST DOLOR PAR DOLORI NOSTRO!/ NATUS XXIII AUG. MDCCLIV. SUCC. X MAY MDCCLXXIV. DECOLL. XXI JAN. MDCCXCIII.
    • Type: The King surrounded by Queen and children, woman crying to r., guillotine in distance to l.

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 0000.999.46454
  • Lot: 0000.999
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined