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LA RENOMMEE PROCLAME LE MERITE
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A winged female figure (Fame/Renommée) in high relief, soaring to the left while blowing a long horn (oliphant) and holding a palm frond, with a nude child seated before her also holding a palm and a wreath. The composition is set within a beaded inner border, with the circular legend running along the upper rim and the engraver's signature visible in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A seated female figure (a muse) to the right, holding foliage in her hands, beside a prominently raised ornate cartouche with scroll volutes bearing the recipient's name. Above, the issuing society and year are inscribed in the field, with the city name in the lower exergue. |
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