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medal

Object NameMedal with Louis XVIII

Made FromCopper

Dateabout 1870-1900

Place MadeFrance, Paris

Techniqueminted

SizeOverall Diam: 5.2 cm, Th: .4 cm

Accession Number86.7.14

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rubloff, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDark brown copper; minted. Flat, circular disk; the obverse with male portrait bust in military uniform, wearing his hair in a queue, facing sinister; inscribed below the bust "CAQUE.F."; inscribed around the edge "LOUIS XVIII ROI DE/FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE"; the reverse inscribed "LOUIS XVIII./70EME. REGNE./FILS DE LOUIS/DAUPHIN DE FRANCE./NE 1755./ROI 1814./CHARTE CONSTITUTIONNELLE/1814./GUERRE D'ESPAGNE/1823./MORT 1824."; stamped "CUIVRE" with a hand pointing at the inscription from the left, on the rim.
Provenance

Source Sotheby's - 1986-03-24

Source Arthur Rubloff - 1986-03-24