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E-auction 218-143834 - fjt_438330 - LANGUEDOC TOWNS AND GENTRY Jeux floraux de Toulouse 1819

LANGUEDOC TOWNS AND GENTRY Jeux floraux de Toulouse AU
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Estimate : 18 €
Price : 6 €
Maximum bid : 6 €
End of the sale : 19 June 2017 17:53:30
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Jeux floraux de Toulouse
Date: (1860-1879)
Date: 1819
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : (abeille) CUIVRE

Obverse


Obverse legend : CLEMEN. ISAURA LUD. FLORAL. RESTAURATRIX.
Obverse description : Buste féminin à gauche, voilé, une lyre dans le champ droit, au-dessous signature EUGENE DUBOIS F.
Obverse translation : (Clémence Isaure, restauratrice des jeux floraux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : HIS IDEM SEMPER HONOS// M. DCCC. XIX.
Reverse description : Bouquet de fleurs variées.
Reverse translation : (Par ces fleurs toujours la même beauté).

Commentary


Ces jeux, organisés à Toulouse, mettaient en compétition des poètes et des musiciens sous l'égide de la nymphe Flore. En 1817, l'un des lauréats fut Victor Hugo, alors âgé de quinze ans.

Historical background


LANGUEDOC TOWNS AND GENTRY

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