fme_1172344 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Pont du Gard, n°20
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Type : Médaille, Pont du Gard, n°20
Date: 1978
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Quantity minted : 100
Metal : copper
Diameter : 80?5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver HARMSWORTH Margareth (1926-)
Weight : 235,95 g.
Edge : lisse + corne CU + 1978 + N°20/100
Puncheon : corne CU
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PONT DU GARD.
Obverse description : Le pont du Gard, vu de la rive droite du Gardon : composé de trois rangées d'arcades, mesurant 273 m de long et 49 m de haut, il fut probablement construit du temps d'Auguste pour l'aqueduc reliant Uzès à Nîmes. Signé : HARMSWORTH.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAR CET AQUEDUC / LES ROMAINS ASSURERENT CHAQUE JOUR 20 000 M3 D’EAU / A LA VILLE DE NIMES FONDEE EN L’AN 15 AVANT JESUS CHRIST.
Reverse description : L'intérieur de l'aqueduc, canalisation d'eau enchâssée dans des blocs de pierre sur laquelle est gravée l'inscription.
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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