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Maison carrée de Nîmes argent
| Location | France |
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| Period | Fifth Republic (1958-date) |
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| Obverse description | Detailed relief depiction of the Maison Carrée, a well-preserved hexastyle Roman temple in Nîmes, shown in three-quarter perspective with its colonnade and stepped podium prominently rendered. To the lower right, the civic emblem of Nîmes — a crocodile chained to a palm tree — appears in the field. The curved legend runs along the upper rim within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a relief map of metropolitan France including Corsica in the field, overlaid with a wind rose marked with cardinal points N, O, E, S. The curved legend runs along the upper and left rim within a beaded border. Three hallmarks appear in the lower exergue, including a fineness mark. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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