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1966.131.92.b

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Leopold I

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Artist

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain (Nancy, 1658 - 1738)

Title

Leopold I

Creation Date

1705

Century

18th century

Dimensions

2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.92.b

Object Description

119 LEOPOLD I ( 1679-1729), Duke of Lorraine, 1697 1705

Obv. Bust to right, in peruke. Around, LEOP . I . D . G . LOT . BAR . D . REX . lER . P . P . ET . DELITIVM . ; on truncation, S . V .
Rev. In right foreground Hercules with his club breaks rocks from a cliff to open a passage for Mercury, seen striding in left background. Around, VITAL . CONSVLIT . ATQVE . VIAE . ; in exergue, S . V . . MDCCV .
Bronze, struck, 58 mm. Hole at top

Commemorates opening of the road from Nancy to Toul.

Bibl.: Forrer 5, p. 309; Lepage, p. 347; Beaupre, p. 24, no. 2.