Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Arles (Primatiale Saint Trophime) 2020 front Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Arles (Primatiale Saint Trophime) 2020 back
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Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Arles Primatiale Saint Trophime

2020 year
Nordic gold - 34 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
2020
Composition
Nordic gold
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#244952
Rarity index
92%

Reverse

Stylized representation of France with the logo of the Monnaie de Paris inside.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MADE IN FRANCE • FRAPPÉ EN FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
• 2020 •

Edge

Reeded

Comment

A legend says that Saint Trophime arrived in Arles around 46. The starting point of this legend is to be found in the homonymy with the companion of Saint Paul, a pagan from Ephesus who accompanied him on his third missionary journey. But the unlikely date and the fact that he fell ill in Miletus (2 Timothy 4:20) without continuing to follow the apostle would tend to invalidate the legend. According to Gregory of Tours, he was one of the seven missionaries sent by the bishop of Rome to evangelize Gaul, along with Saturnin in Toulouse and Austremoine in Auvergne; he would thus be the founder of the Church of Arles in the third century as the first episcope. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophime_d%27Arles