fme_1002640 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, La Belladonna
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Type : Médaille, La Belladonna
Date: 1981
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 72,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BERECHEL Claudine (1925-2011)
Weight : 177,82 g.
Edge : lisse + 1981 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ATROPA / BELLADONNA.
Obverse description : La belladone, plante vénéneuse utilisée en médecine, est évoquée sous différents aspects..
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Profil de femme dans lequel l’oeil tient une place importante. En effet, la belladone contenant de l’atropine qui a le pouvoir de dilater la pupille, les belles Vénitiennes utilisaient cette plante pour leur eau de toilette afin de s’agrandir les yeux. C’est l’étymologie du nom de la plante : Bella donna (Belle dame).
Commentary
Médaille conservée dans sa boîte cartonnée bleue.
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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