fme_760658 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 10,69 g.
Edge : lisse + corne 1ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, des marques d’usure sur certains reliefs. Légers frottements au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Un couple d’époux, vêtus à l’antique, se serrent la main devant un autel orné d’une couronne et d’un flambeau, signé : MONTAGNY F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Exemplaire non décerné.
Unawarded example
Unawarded example
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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