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2274 - SILVER - Tribute medal to R.J. POTHIER ( * ) - VERY RARE lar…
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Estimate €300
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SILVER - Tribute medal to R.J. POTHIER ( * ) - VERY RARE large silver medal with 50 mm setting. - not listed in the work by Messrs Lienhardt & Alvarez. "R.J. POTHIER NAT AURELIAE M.DC.XCIX.LXXII, his bust in high relief by Vivier. Reverse: UTRIQUE VITAM IMPENDIT, allegorical scene representing the church holding a cross in the left hand and in the right a vase placed on a pedestal decorated with a hand inscribed in a snake biting its tail and an oil lamp; on a lectern marked with a cross is a book marked Biblia Sacra. On the right, Justice with a star above her forehead, holding a balance, crowning a vase. At the exergue 3 lines: "Exsequitum solemnia instaurata in eccles cathedr aurelian nov XVII an M.DCCC.XXIII". 66 grams - Dumareille ed - TTB ( * ) - Robert Joseph POTHIER, born on January 9, 1699 and died in Orléans on March 2, 1772, burial in the cathedral Ste Croix. Student at the Jesuit College, then the University of Orléans. Jurisconsult, judge, "royal" professor at the University of Orléans. His work inspired the drafters of the "French Civil Code" (Napoleonic Code).
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About the sale SALE CHRONO history and numismatics, MEDALS, JETONS and CURRENCIES ORLEANS and LOIRET & bordering + miscellaneous.
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87494906
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