fme_739107 - MARIE-ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE Médaille, commémoration de la mort de Marie-Antoinette, tirage uniface
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Médaille, commémoration de la mort de Marie-Antoinette, tirage uniface
Date: 1793
Metal : copper
Diameter : 41,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,53 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, des traces de manipulation et des taches noires. Présence de coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARIE ANTOINETTE - REINE DE FRANCE // À L’EXERGUE : DEC. A PARIS / LE 16 OCT. 1793.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de la reine Marie Antoinette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Diamètre sans bélière : 35 mm
Etain et cuivre cerclé d’une monture à bélière.
Etain et cuivre cerclé d’une monture à bélière.
Historical background
MARIE-ANTOINETTE, QUEEN OF FRANCE
(1774-1793)
Marie-Antoinette was born in Vienna on December 2, 1755. She is the fourth daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria. Choiseul negotiated his marriage with the Dauphin Louis. The marriage was celebrated in Versailles on May 16, 1770. After the death of Louis XV, the Dauphin Louis ascended the throne of France under the name of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette became Queen of France. She led a luxurious court life which earned her the nickname "Madame Deficit"; she was also called "the Austrian" because she largely favored her compatriots. After the start of the French Revolution, she pushed the King of France to seek help from European powers. She was imprisoned in the Temple after the flight from Varennes (June 1791). After being transferred to the Conciergerie, she was tried before the Revolutionary Court and guillotined on October 16, 1793..
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