Live auction - fme_957708 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, Bicentenaire de la réforme à Genève
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 60 € |
| Maximum bid : | 82 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 October 2024 16:34:22 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Bicentenaire de la réforme à Genève
Date: 1735
Metal : copper
Diameter : 54 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DASSIER Jacques-Antoine (1715-1759)
Weight : 74,82 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec quelques taches d’oxydation vertes. Légère usure. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : VERITAS LIBERAVIT VOS. // À L’EXERGUE : IUBILEMUS DOMINO.
Obverse description : Allégorie féminine assise dans les nuages tenant une palme d’une main et d’un livre ouvert. Allégorie féminine de la ville de Genève, les bras écartés, à droite avec le blason de la ville derrière elle. Vue sur les montagnes dans le lointain. Signé : J. DASSIER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : POST TENEBRAS LUX // À L’EXERGUE : CELEBRA ANNO GENEVAE / REFORMATAE BIS CENTESIMO / M. DCC. XXXV..
Reverse description : Vue sur la ville de Genève et son port sous le soleil radié timbré IHS.
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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