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medal

Object NameMedal with Male Portrait

Made FromBronze

Date1841

SizeOverall Diam: 5.2 cm, Th: .5 cm

Accession Number86.7.18

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rubloff, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionBronze. Obverse: bust of Clotaire IV, facing left. "CLOTAIRE IV ROI DE FRANCE" and beneath shoulder: "CAQUE 1841". Reverse: "CLOTAIRE IV. 19eme ROI./PRINCE DE SANG MEROVINGIEN./ROI 715./APRES DAGOBERT II LE TRONE APPARTENAIT A CHILDERIC II QUE RAINFROY AVAIT TIRE DU CLOITRE ET VOULAIT FAIRE RECONNAITRE ROI. CHARLES MARTEL VAINQUERE DE RAINFROY PLACE CLOTAIER IV SUR LET TRONE ET REGNE LUI MEME SOUS LE MOM DE MAITRE DU PALAIS. /MORT 716."
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