fme_620753 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Hymen
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Price : 45.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage, Hymen
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,13 g.
Edge : lisse + losange ARGENT + tête de sanglier
Puncheon : Tête de sanglier et losange ARGENT
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Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HYMEN.
Obverse description : Couple unis par une Femme ailée, les bras étendus au dessus des têtes des mariés. Signé : PARIS.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DC.
Reverse description : Initiales gravées dans un cuir que deux chérubins découvrent. Signé : PARIS.
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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