Live auction - fme_974860 - SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF BERN Médaille, Prix scolaire
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Prix scolaire
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Berne
Metal : silver
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Weight : 26,71 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’un ancien nettoyage. De l’usure sur les reliefs. Présence de quelques rayures, notamment au revers. Restes de brillant à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RESPUBLICA - BERNENSIS.
Obverse description : Armes du canton de Berne avec l’ours à gauche, couronné, accosté de palmes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PER TEMPLUM VIRTUTIS // À L’EXERGUE : DILIGENTI.
Reverse description : Temple du savoir au sommet d’une colline, un homme montant la colline. Triangle radiée au-dessus.
Commentary
Médaille décrite sous le numéro 44 dans l’inventaire du South Kensington Museum..
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - CANTON OF BERN
Switzerland entered the French orbit in 1799 after Zürich's defeat against Souvarov. A "Sister" Republic system is imposed on the Cantons and Geneva is annexed to France. The Helvetic Confederation leaves the French alliance in 1813 and recovers its independence and the cantons their freedom. Bern, which had been a military post from 1191 before becoming an imperial city, received the right to mint coins in 1218 and joined the Confederation in 1353.
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