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Medal - Charles Jean-Baptiste des Gallois de la Tour de Glené

Location France
Year 1788
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Technique Struck
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Obverse description Right-facing draped bust of Charles Jean-Baptiste des Gallois de la Tour, wearing a powdered wig, enclosed within a wreath formed of two olive branches. The engraver's signature DUPRE. F. appears below the truncation. The circular legend runs around the border outside the wreath.
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Reverse description A standing male figure in antique drapery raises a laurel wreath in his right hand and holds a caduceus and a rudder in his left. To his left stands a pedestal bearing the coat of arms of Provence, upon which rest a globe, a set square, a compass, a sword, and a balance. A four-line dedicatory inscription appears in the exergue below. The circular legend runs around the border.
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