Live auction - fme_994070 - THE CONVENTION Plaquette, Déchristianisation de la France
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 410 € |
| Maximum bid : | 410 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 17:26:46 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Plaquette, Déchristianisation de la France
Date: An II - (1793-1794)
Metal : alloy
Diameter : 57 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 57,36 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron hétérogène, présentant quelques taches d’oxydation et concrétions. Présence de rayures. Défaut du coin de frappe visible dans le champ à l’avers. Ligne noire continue sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : MORT AU / FANATISME // ET A LA / SUPERTITION // À L’EXERGUE : VILLE AFFRANCHIE / L’AN II. R. F..
Obverse description : Âne de profil à droite sous un triangle radié.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA / LIBERTE / OU // À L’EXERGUE : B. VN. CGIC. JR. GR. LD / CT. CB. M. E B..
Reverse description : Squelette tenant une faux à gauche d’une allégorie féminine drapée à l’antique et casquée, tenant une lance d’une main et un blason timbré d’une légende en 3 lignes de l’autre.
Commentary
Dimensions : 57*40,5 mm
Suite à la remarque d’un de nos collectionneurs : Cette plaquette est en rapport avec le siège et la prise de Lyon par les troupes de la convention en octobre 1793 et les massacres consécutifs à la répression qui ont suivis, avec en prime la débaptisation de Lyon et son nouveau nom "Ville Affranchie".
Dimensions: 57*40.5 mm Following the remark of one of our collectors: This booklet is related to the siege and capture of Lyon by the troops of the Convention in October 1793 and the massacres following the repression which followed, with the bonus of the renaming of Lyon and its new name \\\"Freed City\\\"
Suite à la remarque d’un de nos collectionneurs : Cette plaquette est en rapport avec le siège et la prise de Lyon par les troupes de la convention en octobre 1793 et les massacres consécutifs à la répression qui ont suivis, avec en prime la débaptisation de Lyon et son nouveau nom "Ville Affranchie".
Dimensions: 57*40.5 mm Following the remark of one of our collectors: This booklet is related to the siege and capture of Lyon by the troops of the Convention in October 1793 and the massacres following the repression which followed, with the bonus of the renaming of Lyon and its new name \\\"Freed City\\\"
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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