Live auction - fme_957757 - SWITZERLAND Médaille, Inauguration du chemin de fer de Lyon à Genève
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Estimate : | 70 € |
Price : | 39 € |
Maximum bid : | 40 € |
End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 17:20:47 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Inauguration du chemin de fer de Lyon à Genève
Date: 1858
Mint name / Town : Suisse, Genève
Metal : copper
Diameter : 47,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BOVY Antoine (1795-1877)
Weight : 55,18 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec des taches noires d’oxydation. Restes du rouge de frappe
Obverse
Obverse legend : POST. TENEBRAS. LUX.
Obverse description : Armoiries surmontées d’un soleil inscrit IHS ; légendes sur un ruban à l’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INAUGURATION DU CHEMIN DE FER DE LYON A GENEVE // À L’EXERGUE : 16 MARS 1858.
Reverse description : Locomotive ornée d’un trophée composé de drapeaux, caducée et divers blasons. Signé : A. BOVY.