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1966.137.180.a

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Prize Medal of the Ministry of the Interior

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Artist

Louis Oscar Roty (1846 - 1911)

Title

Prize Medal of the Ministry of the Interior

Creation Date

1893

Century

19th century

Dimensions

1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm.)

Classification

Medals/Plaquettes

Creation Place

Europe, France

Medium and Support

bronze, silver

Credit Line

Gift of Amanda Marchesa Molinari

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1966.137.180.a

Object Description

313 PRIZE MEDAL OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR 1893

Obv. Bust to left, in elaborate Renaissance armor. Around, REPVBLIQVE FRANCAISE; on truncation, O. Roty
Rev. In laurel and oak wreath, inscription, PRIX | OFFERT PAR | LE | MINISTRE; around, MINISTERE DE L'INTERIEVR; stamped on rim, BRONZE
Silvered bronze, struck, 36 mm.

Bibl.: Forrer 5, p. 234 (notes two sizes, 36 and 50 mm.); Roger Marx, Les Medailleurs francais contemporains, Paris, n.d., pl. 16.