Object Description
Benjamin Duvivier/Augustin Dupre, 292 LOUIS XVI, Establishment of the Paris Mayorality 1789
Obv. Bust to right. Around, LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANCOIS; on truncation, B . DUVIVIER F . ; in exergue, VILLE DE PARIS
Rev. Paris leaning on pedestal holding staff with Phrygian cap. Around, ETABLISSEMENT DE LA MAIRIE DE PARIS * ; left center, DUPRE F . ; in exergue, J. SILVAIN BAILLY PREMIER MAIRE | ELULE 15 JUILLET | 1789 .
Bronze, struck, 53 mm.
Dupre had also engraved a head of the king to serve as the obverse of this medal, but the die was not used and the medal was struck with an obverse by Duvivier.
Bibl.: Forrer i, p. 648; Nocq, no. 239; Medailles Francaises, no. 4, p. 297; Tresor Revolution, pl. 9, 5.