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Medal - Orpheus Bronze
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Large high-relief bust of Orpheus facing left, his flowing hair adorned with a laurel wreath, holding a lyre in his right hand. The engraver's signature COUDRAY appears incuse in the right field. No legend or exergue text is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | L Coudray. |
| Reverse description | A winged nude female figure (allegorical muse) reclines atop a blank rectangular cartouche, facing left with head turned upward to the right, holding a quill pen in her raised right hand and a trumpet in her left. Behind her, a scroll bearing a musical score unfurls across the upper field. Below the cartouche, a violin and bow are crossed amid a wreath of laurel branches that frames the entire composition. |
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