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2757 - SILVER - "SOCIETE ACADEMIQUE des ENFANS ( ** ) D'APOLLON" ( …
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Estimate €150
Description
SILVER - "SOCIETE ACADEMIQUE des ENFANS ( ** ) D'APOLLON" ( * ). Very rare school or academic award medal, front antique lyre on 2 intertwined laurel branches, a bird looking to the left placed on the strings; at the exergue MDCCXXXXI, signature D.F. - Reverse, under a sun: EMOLLIT MORES NEC SENIT ESSE FEROS. OVID 1807 (a solid culture in the liberal arts softens the character and does not allow him to be wild, metamorphoses of OVIDE n° 1807), text in a wreath of laurel leaves. - 30 mm - 9.39 grams - TTB ( * ) association of concerts, singing and goguette, and a learned society founded in 1741 until 1790, then reorganized in 1806. Ceased its activities in 1880. ( ** ) The spelling ENFANS instead of ENFANTS dates from before 1835.
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About the sale CHRONO SALE OF MEDALS - CURRENCIES - JETONS and MISCELLANEOUS including ORLEANS & LOIRET
Auction location
Auction time 06/28/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87520722
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