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Medal commemorating Louis XVI and the City of Paris
Medal commemorating Louis XVI and the City of Paris. Obverse: Bust of the King (right). Legend: 'LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS.' Exergue: 'VILLE DE PARIS.' Reverse: A female figure leaning on a pillar and holding in her left hand a staff surmounted by a cap of Liberty and in her right a rudder. In the backround a ship, sword, chart, dividers, scales, wheat-sheaves and men with a cart. Legend: 'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LA MAIRIE DE PARIS.' Exergue: 'J . SILVAIN BAILLY PREMIER MAIRE ÉLU LE 15 JUILLET 1789.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2649 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Augustin Dupré, A; Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin |
| Date made: | 1789 |
| People: | King Louis XIV of France; King Louis XIV of France |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 52 mm |