Live auction - fme_508591 - ALLEMAGNE - ROYAUME DE PRUSSE - FRÉDÉRIC-GUILLAUME II Médaille, Paix de Bâle
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 January 2019 17:40:02 |
Type : Médaille, Paix de Bâle
Date: 1795
Metal : bronzed tin
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Loos
Weight : 35,4 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaires malgré des marques d’usure et des coups. Cassure de coin visible sur le bord à 1 heure au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRIDERICO WILH. R. BOR. P. P. FORTI PRUDENTI.
Obverse description : Buste habillé et cuirassé à droite, signé : LOOS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRANQUILITAS PACIS - ATQUE OTII // À L’EXERGUE : PARATA BASILEAE / DIE V APRILIS / MDCCXCV.
Reverse description : Mars assis, la Paix lui rend une branche d’olivier et un caducée.
Commentary
Cette médaille fait suite au premier traité de Bâle, signé le 5 avril 1795 entre la Première République française et le royaume de Prusse.
Historical background
ALLEMAGNE - ROYAUME DE PRUSSE - FRÉDÉRIC-GUILLAUME II
(1744-1797)
Nephew of Frederick II of Prussia, he is the son of Prince Auguste-Guillaume (younger son of King Frederick-William I and Sophie-Dorothée of Brunswick-Lüneburg), he became heir to the throne on the death of his father in 1758..
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