fme_1046470 - SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA Médaille, TriCentenaire de la réforme, Jean Calvin
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Type : Médaille, TriCentenaire de la réforme, Jean Calvin
Date: 1835
Metal : alloy
Diameter : 108 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BOVY Antoine (1795-1877)
Weight : 492,35 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine sombre, présentant quelques points d’usure et fines rayures à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : JOHANNES CALVINUS NATVS NOVIODVNI. 1509. MARTVVS GENEVAE. 1564..
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à gauche de Calvin. Signé : A. BOVY. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : CORPORE-FRACTVS: ANIMO-POTENS: FIDE-VICTOR: - ECCLESIAE-REFORMATOR-GENEVAE. PASTOR-ET-TVTAMEN // IL / TEINT / FER- / -ME // COME / S’IL / EVST VEV / CELVY // QVI / EST / INVISI- / -BLE. // À L’EXERGUE : GENEV. IVBIL - AN. 1835.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et en 3 lignes sous des ogives gothiques.
Commentary
Alliage à base de bronze.
Bronze-based alloy
Bronze-based alloy
Historical background
SWITZERLAND - REPUBLIC OF GENEVA
(1541-1789)
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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