Smooth with punch and inscription Script: Latin Lettering: (corne d’abondance) ARGENT
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Notice
Jean Lagrange
Reference(s)
Obverse description
In the foreground, in a field, a sower dressed in antique style; in the background, a ploughman with his plow pulled by two oxen; in the background, a windmill with weather vane.
Obverse lettering
J.LAGRANGE
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Allegory of agriculture in crown and overlay, with agricultural and viticultural elements: pig`s head, horned cow/ox, horse, ram. Wheat ears, vine leaves and bunches of grapes, oak leaf. Above, caduceus/mercury staff.
Reverse lettering
COMICE
AGRICOLE ET VITICOLE D’AUXERRE
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
