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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2023 17:10:46 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 30 sols dit "au génie", type FRANÇOIS
Date: 1793 1er
Mint name / Town : Montpellier
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 666 ‰
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,07 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Coments on the condition:
Pièce de 30 sols frappée sur un flan plutôt large de manière légèrement décentrée. Présence de nombreuses rayures à l’avers ainsi que des stries d’ajustage au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : .LOUIS XVI ROI - DES FRANÇOIS. / 1793.
Obverse description : Tête de Louis XVI à gauche, les cheveux noués dans le cou ; au-dessous (Mm).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REGNE - DE LA LOI., À L'EXERGUE L'AN 5 DE LA - LIBERTE’.
Reverse description : Génie gravant la Constitution posée sur un autel à droite, entre 30 et SOLS. ; (Mg) sous le chiffre 30 et la lettre d'atelier sous le mot SOLS..
Historical background
THE CONVENTION
(21/09/1792-26/10/1795)
The Republic was proclaimed on September 22, 1792 by the Convention. France declares war on England, Holland and Spain in February and March 1793. The first coalition against France is made up of England, Holland, Austria, Russia, Spain , Prussia, Austria and Savoy. The French annex the Rhineland and Basel. Dumouriez, beaten at Neerwinden on March 18, decreed of accusation, goes over to the enemy. On March 10, 1793, the Revolutionary Tribunal was set up, then the Public Safety Committee on April 6. Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday on July 13, 1793. The end of the government of the Girondins on May 31 and June 2 brought their trial and execution on October 31. This is the beginning of the federalist movement in the provinces. Marseilles is taken on August 25 and Lyons on October 17. The Vendeans, who had taken Saumur on June 9, were crushed at Cholet on October 17. The mass levy was decreed on August 23. On September 5, the Convention establishes the Terror.
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