E-auction 641-646297 - LYON AND THE LYONNAIS AREA (JETONS AND MEDALS OF...) Jeton Ar 32, centenaire de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 1822

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Type : Jeton Ar 32, centenaire de la Société linnéenne de Lyon

Date: 1822

Metal : silver

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,09 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène et irisée. Présence de quelques coups et rayures au revers

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Carl von Linné, en habits et perruque ; signature BARRE Ft. sur l’épaule.

Reverse

Reverse legend : SOCIETAS / LINNAEANA / LUGDUNENSIS / INSTITUTA / MDCCCXXII.

Reverse description : Couronne composite, au centre en cinq lignes :.

Commentary

Carl von Linné est un naturaliste suédois (1707-1778) dont la classification des plantes (abandonnée désormais) et la description qu'il fit de plusieurs dizaines de milliers d'espèces lui ont valu la célébrité.
Carl von Linné was a Swedish naturalist (1707-1778) whose classification of plants (now abandoned) and the description he made of several tens of thousands of species earned him fame.