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Jeton - Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon "ATHENÆUM LUGDUNENSE RESTITUTUM"
1700 year| Silver | 8.85 g | 29.8 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Louis XIV (1643-1715) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals |
| Year | 1700 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 8.85 g |
| Diameter | 29.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#357836 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Oval escutcheon bearing the city's coat of arms, set on a cartouche, supported by seated, nude allegorical figures of the Rhône and Saône rivers, releasing water from their urns, "à la grande coquille".
Lettering: Anépigraphe.
Edge
Reeded.
Comment
The Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon is a learned society resulting from the merger, in 1758, of the Académie des sciences et belles lettres created in 1700 and the Académie des beaux-arts created in 1713 (Wikipedia).Interesting fact
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