Live auction - fme_727863 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Médaille, Capitaine John Paul Jones, Comitia americana, Capture de la frégate anglaise HMS Sérapis, refrappe
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| Estimate : | 160 € |
| Price : | 310 € |
| Maximum bid : | 451 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 October 2022 18:48:31 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Capitaine John Paul Jones, Comitia americana, Capture de la frégate anglaise HMS Sérapis, refrappe
Date: (1779)
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 56 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DUPRÉ Augustin (1748-1803)
Weight : 77,77 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, des frottements dans les champs. Présence de fines rayures suite au nettoyage. Faible usure
Catalogue references :
Julian NA-1
Obverse
Obverse legend : JOANNI PAVLO JONES - CLASSIS PRAEFECTO - (FLEUR) COMITIA AMERICANA (FLEUR).
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite. Signé : DUPRE. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : HOSTIVM NAVIBVS - CAPTIS AVT FVGATIS. // À L’EXERGUE : AD ORAM SCOTIAE XXIII. SEPT. / M. DCCLXXVIIII.
Reverse description : Bataille maritime avec un large vaisseau au premier plan. Signé à l’exergue : DUPRE. F..
Commentary
On retrouve cette médaille dans la série “Comitia Americana”. .
Historical background
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(since 1776)
Under McKinley's presidency (1897-1901), the United States confronted Spain and took Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines from it. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded the assassinated president (1901/1909) and undertook an interventionist policy in America and posed as a mediator in regional conflicts. To Taft succeeded in 1913 Wilson who was to bring the United States into the war in 1917.
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