Live auction - fme_1002686 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, Souvenir du jubilé triséculaire de l'Académie de Genève, Théodore de Bèze
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| End of the sale : | 01 April 2025 17:59:04 |
Type : Médaille, Souvenir du jubilé triséculaire de l'Académie de Genève, Théodore de Bèze
Date: 1859
Mint name / Town : Genève, Suisse
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 56,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BOVET Auguste (1799-1864)
Weight : 95,17 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron hétérogène avec des traces d’usure et un aspect légèrement irisé. Quelques rayures et tâches d’oxydation sur les deux faces et la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : NON. JUN. MDLIX.
Obverse description : Syndie Aubert délivre, par la main de Michel Roset, secrétaire du Conseil, la charte de fondation de l’Académie à Théodore Bèze. En arrière plan La cour du Collège.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ACADEMIE / GENEVENSIS / A THEODORO BEZA / PRIMO RECTORE / DEDIGATE / TRIA POST SAECULA / CRATIS ANIMIS / MEMORIAM / CELEBRAVERUNT / .ALUMINI / NON. JUN. MDCCCLIX.
Reverse description : Légende en 11 lignes .
Commentary
Voir Mémoires et documents de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève, t. 11-12, 1859, p. 329-330.
See Memoirs and documents of the Society of History and Archaeology of Geneva, vol. 11-12, 1859, pp. 329-330
See Memoirs and documents of the Society of History and Archaeology of Geneva, vol. 11-12, 1859, pp. 329-330
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
Gegenna became Geneva on December 4, 1535. On November 24, 1535, the Council of Two Hundred decided to have coins minted in the name of the Republic of Geneva; the first sols de billon were minted in 1536. The Republic of Geneva was proclaimed on May 21, 1536 and the reformed religion became the state religion. Education becomes compulsory and free.
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