Médaille-Roi Henri III In Tevere Christvs

Features

Location	France
Type	Personality medals › Coronation and election medals
Year	1579
Composition	Bronze
Weight	31.66 g
Diameter	42.6 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 507557

Commemorative issue

Foundation of the Order of the Holy Spirit Automatically translated

Obverse

Laureate bust of King Henri III on the right, cuirassed and draped, high collar. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: HENRICVS III D. G. FRANCORVM. ET. POL. REX.

Unabridged legend: Henricus III Dei Gratia Francorum et Poloniae rex

Engraver: Claude de Héry

Reverse

The king, seated on his throne, crowned with the royal crown, clad in the mantle of Grand Master, his collar around his neck, receives the oath from a knight who, kneeling at his feet, places his hand on the Gospel presented to him by the master of ceremonies, while the provost, standing behind him, reads the statute of the order of the holy spirit, all under a dove and rays descending from heaven. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Le roi, assis sur son trône, coiffé de la couronne royale, revêtu du manteau de Grand Maître, son collier autour du cou, reçoit le serment d'un chevalier qui, agenouillé à ses pieds, pose la main sur l'Évangile que lui présente le maître de cérémonie, tandis que le prévôt, debout derrière lui, lit le statut de l'ordre du saint esprit, le tout sous une colombe et des rayons qui descendent du ciel.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN TEVERE CHRISTVS
1579

Edge

Smooth with workshop mark and inscription. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: BRONZE

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

Refrappes of a medal dated 1579 illustrating the sovereign's piety and vision of divine power, they were produced in the XIXᵉ and XXᵉ centuries by the Monnaie de Paris in commemorative series for the Kings of France. This example probably dates from the 1960s-1970s.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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1579

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