Silver Medal of Louis XVI of France, Soho, Birmingham. 1920.147.708

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Obverse: LUD. XVI D: G. FR. ET NAV. REX. MAR. ANT. AUSTR. REG./ FATI INIQUI - overlayed busts to r. of Louis XVI, foreground, and Marie-Antoinette, background
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Reverse: CRINEMQUE ROTANTES SANGUINEUM POPULIS ULULARUNT TRISTIA GALLI./ XXI JANUARIUS ANNO MDCCXCIII - Place of the Revolution during time of Louis XV, a scaffold in middle, three people on it, one holds the head of Louis XVI, to the l., a flag which reads DROIT DE L'HOMME, on the right one that reads VIVRE LIBR

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 45.7
    • Diameter (in mm): 51

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1920.147.708
  • Lot: 1920.147
  • Department: Medals and Decorations
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Powell, W.R.

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