Medal - Le bon Roy René - Duc d'Anjou - Comte de Provence 1975 front Medal - Le bon Roy René - Duc d'Anjou - Comte de Provence 1975 back
Medal - Le bon Roy René - Duc d'Anjou - Comte de Provence 1975 photo
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Medal - Le bon Roy René - Duc d'Anjou - Comte de Provence

1975 year
Bronze 83 g 50 mm
Description
Location
France
Period
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year
1975
Composition
Bronze
Weight
83 g
Diameter
50 mm
Thickness
7 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#125513
Rarity index
94%

Reverse

3 fountains with the name of the city on top of the coin, the name of the engraver on the left and an inscription between the fountains

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Aix en Provence
Vezien
Cité des fontaines

Engraver: Élie-Jean Vézien

Edge

Smooth with inscription

Lettering: 1975 (corne) Bronze

Comment

René d'Anjou, or René I of Anjou, or René I of Naples or René of Sicily, nicknamed by his subjects the "Good King René", born on January 16, 1409 in Angers, and died on July 10, 1480 in Aix-en-Provence, was lord then count of Guise (1417-1425), duke of Bar (1430-1480) de facto since 1420, duke consort of Lorraine (1431-1453), duke of Anjou (1434-1480), count of Provence and Forcalquier (1434-1480), count of Piedmont, count of Barcelona, king of Naples (1435-1442), king of Naples (1435-1442), and king of France.Anjou (1434-1480), Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1434-1480), Count of Piedmont, Count of Barcelona, King of Naples (1435-1442), titular King of Jerusalem (1435-1480), titular King of Sicily (1434-1480) and Aragon (1466-1480), Marquis of Pont-à-Mousson (-1480), as well as being a Peer of France and founder of the Order of the Crescent.