Medal with Male Portrait

Object Name: 
Medal with Male Portrait

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Object Name: 
Medal with Male Portrait
Place Made: 
France
Accession Number: 
86.7.28
Dimensions: 
Overall Diam: 5.2 cm, Th: .4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1840
Credit Line: 
Gift of Arthur Rubloff, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Bronze; obverse: bust of Dagobert I, facing left: "DAGOBERT I DIT LE GRAND ROI DE F."; beneath shoulder: "CAQUE 1840". Reverse: "DAGOBERT I DIT LE GRAND. 11eme. ROI./FILS DE CLOTAIRE II. NE 602. ROI 628./FONDATION DE L'ABBAYE DE ST DENIS 630. SEJOUR EN AUSTRASIE 630. REUNNION DE TOUTE LA MONARCHIE APRES LA MORT DE CARIBERT 631. SIGEBERT FILS AINE DE DAGOBERT NOMME PAR SON PERE ROI D'AUSTRASIE 633. SOUMISSION DES GASCONS REVOLTE'S 635 ET 636./MORT 638."

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Rubloff, Arthur, Source
1986-03-24
Sotheby's, Source
1986-03-24
Color: 
bronze
Inscription: 
DAGOBERT I DIT LE GRAND ROI DE F.
Inscription
: 
On Obverse
CAQUE 1840
Inscription
: 
On obverse beneath shoulder
DAGOBERT I DIT LE GRAND. 11eme. ROI./FILS DE CLOTAIRE II. NE 602. ROI 628./FONDATION DE L'ABBAYE DE ST DENIS 630. SEJOUR EN AUSTRASIE 630. REUNNION DE TOUTE LA MONARCHIE APRES LA MORT DE CARIBERT 631. SIGEBERT FILS AINE DE DAGOBERT NOMME PAR SON PERE ROI D'AUSTRASIE 633. SOUMISSION DES GASCONS REVOLTE'S 635 ET 636./MORT 638.
Inscription
: 
On Reverse