White Metal Medal of Louis XVI of France, Soho, Birmingham. 1920.147.707

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1920.147.707

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 38.3
    • Diameter (in mm): 48

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Medal

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1793
  • Material: White Metal
  • 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. CORON. X MAY MDCCLXXIV. DECOLL. XXI IAN. MDCCXCIII.
    • Type: Louis XVI surrounded by wife and children, to r. a woman cries, to l. in the distance is the guillotine

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1920.147.707
  • Lot: 1920.147
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Powell, W.R.

Rights

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