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: 
86.7.27
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 Clotaire I facing right: "CLOTAIRE II ROI DE FRANCE + CAQUE + 1840". Reverse: "CLOTAIRE II. 10eme. ROI./FILS DE CHILPERIC. NE 583. ROI 584./REGENCE DE FREDEGONDE ET DE GONTRAN 584. TRAITE D'ANDELOT 587. AGRESSION DE CHILDEBERT 592. BATAILLE DE DROISSY 592. REUNION DE TOUTE LA MONARCHIE 614. CAPITULARIES 615. ASSEMBEE DES SEIGNEURS DE BOURGONGNE 616. CREATION DE PLAIDS 617. ASSOCIATION DE DAGOBERT AU TRONE 662./MORT 628."

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Rubloff, Arthur, Source
1986-03-24
Sotheby's, Source
1986-03-24
Color: 
bronze
Inscription: 
CLOTAIRE II ROI DE FRANCE + CAQUE + 1840
Inscription
: 
On obverse
CLOTAIRE II. 10eme. ROI./FILS DE CHILPERIC. NE 583. ROI 584./REGENCE DE FREDEGONDE ET DE GONTRAN 584. TRAITE D'ANDELOT 587. AGRESSION DE CHILDEBERT 592. BATAILLE DE DROISSY 592. REUNION DE TOUTE LA MONARCHIE 614. CAPITULARIES 615. ASSEMBEE DES SEIGNEURS DE BOURGONGNE 616. CREATION DE PLAIDS 617. ASSOCIATION DE DAGOBERT AU TRONE 662./MORT 628
Inscription
: 
On reverse
cuivre
Stamp
: 
on rim