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Médaille de mariage - Mariage du dauphin 1770
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1770 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A finely detailed allegorical scene in high relief depicting the marriage ceremony of the Dauphin Louis and Marie-Antoinette of Austria: the two principals join hands over a garland-decorated altar, flanked by allegorical female figures representing France and Austria, with a double-headed eagle at lower left and a fleur-de-lis escutcheon at lower right. The engraver's signature R. FIL. appears on the altar base, the circular legend SACRUM ÆTERNÆ CONCORDIÆ PIGNUS surrounds the upper field, and the exergue reads M•A•AUST• L• DELPH• NUPT• / XVI MAII MDCCLXX. |
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| Reverse description | Plain field enclosed by a continuous wreath of olive and laurel branches tied at the bottom with a ribbon bow; the central field is blank and bears no inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (1770) |
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