Médaille - Philippe de Commines ND
| Bronze | 44.7 g | 46.3 mm |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| King | Leopold I (1831-1865) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Years | 1848-1850 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 44.7 g |
| Diameter | 46.3 mm |
| Thickness | 5.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#316228 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A text summarizing his life covers the entire field.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LA GLOIRE ÉCLATANTE
DE L’HISTORIEN A FAIT UN PEU
OUBLIER SA FÉLONIE. APRÈS AVOIR
FIDÈLEMENT SERVI PENDANT PLUSIEURS
ANNÉES CHARLES DUC DE BOURGOGNE,
QU’IL AVAIT AIDÉ DE SON BRAS À MONTHÉRY
EN 1465, ET DE SES CONSEILS À PÉRONNE EN 1468,
COMMINES ABANDONNA SON PRINCE NATUREL
EN 1472 ET ALLA TROUVER LOUIS XI QUI LE
COMBLA DE BIENS ET D’HONNEUR. APRÈS
LA MORT DU ROI S’ÉTANT JOINT A LA LIGUE
DES PRINCES CONTRE ANNE DE BEAUJEU,
IL FUT UN INSTANT PRISONNIER. RENTRÉ
EN GRÂCE, IL PRIT PART AU TRAITÉ
DE 1495 CONCLU AVEC MAXIMILIEN
D’AUTRICHE. ENVOYÉ A VENISE
IL COMBATTIT A FORNOUE.
Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel
Edge
Plain
Comment
Philippe de Commines, actually born in 1447 and died in 1511, was a French-speaking Flemish politician, chronicler, historian and memorialist.From 1848 to 1850, Adolphe-Christian Jouvenel engraved and published in Brussels a collection of 25 bronze medals in ±46 mm modules, depicting portraits of "The great men of Belgium". At the time, each medal was sold for 4 Belgian francs.
34 mm bronze or brass tokens reproducing some of these medals were also engraved, to make the publication accessible to all, according to the prospectus of the time, with a more democratic selling price of 50 centimes.
