Medal - Exposition Universelle de Besançon - Napoleon III 1860 front Medal - Exposition Universelle de Besançon - Napoleon III 1860 back
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Medal - Exposition Universelle de Besançon - Napoleon III

1860 year
Silver 53.28 g 49.3 mm
Description
Location
France
Emperor
Napoleon III (Napoléon III) (1852-1870)
Type
Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year
1860
Composition
Silver
Weight
53.28 g
Diameter
49.3 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#189512
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Seated turreted female figure holding oak wreath and coins, industrial and scientific objects to lower sides.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE BESANCON 1860
CAQUÉ.F.
LA VILLE DE BESANÇON DISTRIBUANT // DES RÉCOMPENSES AUX BEAUX-ARTS // A L'INDUSTRIE ET A // L'AGRICULTURE

Engraver: Armand Auguste Caqué

Edge

Plain