Live auction - bry_457151 - THE CONVENTION Écu dit “au génie”, légende FRANÇOIS 1793 Lille
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 December 2017 16:29:28 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Écu dit “au génie”, légende FRANÇOIS
Date: 1793 1er
Mint name / Town : Lille
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 29,39 g.
Edge : (rose) LA NATION (rose) (fleuron).. (losange).. (fleuron) (rose) LA LOI (rose) (fleuron) (lis) (fleuron) (rose) ET LE ROI (rose) (fleuron) (lis) (fleuron)
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier portant de petites taches. Le droit présente de petites stries d’ajustage. Usure limitée au partie les plus hautes (tête du génie et haut de la table de loi). Le mot CONSTITUTION est entièrement lisible
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI - DES FRANÇOIS. / 1793.
Obverse description : Tête de Louis XVI à gauche, les cheveux noués dans le cou ; au-dessous (Mm).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNE - DE LA LOI. / L'AN 5 DE LA - LIBERTÉ. EN DEUX LIGNES.
Reverse description : Génie gravant la Constitution posée sur un autel à droite, entre un faisceau de licteur sommé d'un bonnet phrygien et un coq ; à gauche (Mg) et à droite la lettre d'atelier.
Commentary
Manque à la collection Georges Sobin avec toutefois 9 exemplaires recensés dans son ouvrage.
Historical background
THE CONVENTION
(21/09/1792-26/10/1795)
The Republic was proclaimed on September 22, 1792 by the Convention. France declares war on England, Holland and Spain in February and March 1793. The first coalition against France is made up of England, Holland, Austria, Russia, Spain , Prussia, Austria and Savoy. The French annex the Rhineland and Basel. Dumouriez, beaten at Neerwinden on March 18, decreed of accusation, goes over to the enemy. On March 10, 1793, the Revolutionary Tribunal was set up, then the Public Safety Committee on April 6. Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. The end of the government of the Girondins on May 31 and June 2 brought their trial and execution on October 31. This is the beginning of the federalist movement in the provinces. Marseilles is taken on August 25 and Lyons on October 17. The Vendeans, who had taken Saumur on June 9, were crushed at Cholet on October 17. The mass levy was decreed on August 23. On September 5, the Convention establishes the Terror.
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