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1966.131.89.a

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Leopold I Medal 1727

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Artist

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

Title

Leopold I Medal 1727

Creation Date

1727

Century

18th century

Dimensions

2 9/16 in. (7 cm)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Medium and Support

bronze

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.131.89.a

Object Description

120 LEOPOLD I 1727

Obv. Bust to right, in peruke, wearing armor and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Around, LEOPOLDVS . I . D . G . DVX . LOT . BAR . REX . lER; on truncation, S V
Rev. A horseman crossing a bridge to right. In landscape a herm of Mercury; in right foreground Abundance. Around, PROVIDENTIA . PRINCIPIS; in exergue, VIAE . MVNITAE . | MDCCXXVII
Bronze, struck, 65 mm.

For reconstruction of the bridge in the forest of Haye.

Bibl.: Houston, no. 328; Forrer 5, p. 309; Lepage, p. 348, no. 6; Beaupre, p. 29, no. 8 (silver examples also known).