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.
These games, held in Toulouse, pitted poets and musicians against each other under the aegis of the nymph Flora. In 1817, one of the winners was Victor Hugo, then aged fifteen.