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conseil general des bouches du rhone

Location France
Year 1986
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description The field is filled with multiple landmarks and monuments of the Bouches-du-Rhône department rendered in relief, including a Roman amphitheatre (likely the Arles arena), the Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde in Marseille, a decorative fountain, a sailing vessel, a windmill, and various rural and architectural vignettes. The engraver's signature R.B. BARON appears along the lower right rim.
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Reverse description The reverse features four heraldic shields representing the coats of arms of Arles, Istres, Aix-en-Provence, and Marseille arranged around a relief map of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, with the four town names inscribed on the map. A curved legend runs along the upper rim, and waves are depicted in the lower field below the map.
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