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Live auction - fme_959049 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, 10e anniversaire de l’admission de Genève dans la Confédération

SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, 10e anniversaire de l’admission de Genève dans la Confédération AU
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 92 €
Maximum bid : 92 €
End of the sale : 08 October 2024 16:35:02
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Médaille, 10e anniversaire de l’admission de Genève dans la Confédération
Date: 1824
Metal : silver
Diameter : 57,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BOVY Antoine (1795-1877)
Weight : 91,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, un peu sombre, présentant les traces d’un ancien nettoyage. Présence de coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche. Beaux reliefs. Faible usure. Aspect irisé au revers

Obverse


Obverse legend : HOC ERAT IN VOTIS // ZURICH - BERNE / LUCERNE - SCHWEITZ / URY - UNDERWALD / CLARIS - ZUC / FRYBOURG - SOLEURE / BASLE - SCHAFFOUSE / APPENZEL - S. GALL / CRISONS - ARGOVIE / TURGOVIE - VAUD / TESSIN - VALLAIS / NEUCHATEL - GENEVE. // À L’EXERGUE : GENEVA HELVETIAE ADNEXA / XIX SEPT. MDCCCXIV.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine, debout et drapée à l’antique, tourelée, serrant la main de l’allégorie féminine assise de la Suisse, à la main posé sur un bouclier aux armes de la Suisse. Jeune angelot inscrivant le nom des villes rattachées à la confédération. Signé : A. BOVY F..

Reverse


Reverse legend : TUTELA - PRAESENS // TELL / WINGEL / - / SEMPAC / MORG // À L’EXERGUE : SOC. ARTIB. PROMOV. INST. / EXCUDI. CURAVIT. / MDCCCXXIV..
Reverse description : Deux blasons l’un sur l’autre, posés sur des rochets sous un oeil dans un triangle radié (oeil de la Providence). Signé : A. BOVY F..

Historical background


SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA

Gegenna became Geneva on December 4, 1535. On November 24, 1535, the Council of Two Hundred decided to have coins minted in the name of the Republic of Geneva; the first sols de billon were minted in 1536. The Republic of Geneva was proclaimed on May 21, 1536 and the reformed religion became the state religion. Education becomes compulsory and free.

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