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fme_1064715 - V REPUBLIC Médaille Orphée - Joueur de lyre, refrappe
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Type : Médaille Orphée - Joueur de lyre, refrappe
Date: (1899)
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 49,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver COUDRAY Marie Alexandre Lucien (1864-1932)
Weight : 63,17 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Taches d’oxydation et quelques concrétions vertes
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Orphée serrant sa lyre contre lui ; son visage douloureux exprime le désespoir qu'il éprouve à la mort d'Eurydice. Signé : COUDRAY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Commentary
Médaille à l'effigie d'Orphée, héros de la mythologie grecque, créée par M.A. Coudray et réalisée en bronze et en argent.
Medal bearing the image of Orpheus, hero of Greek mythology, created by MA Coudray and made of bronze and silver
Medal bearing the image of Orpheus, hero of Greek mythology, created by MA Coudray and made of bronze and silver
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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