Bust of Guillaume Budé, former ambassador of François I to Pope Leo X and Provost of the Merchants. View of the Collège de France, a teaching and research establishment in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, founded in 1530. Dates of birth and death.
Obverse lettering
GUILLAUME BUDE, HUMANISTE, FONDE LE
COLLEGE DE FRANCE
1467-1540
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Text in the center, plant crown, scroll at the bottom. Different lozenge The Franklin Medallion (Franklin mint)
Reverse lettering
HUMANISTE
TOUT EMPREINT
D?ANTIQUITE MAITRE DE
LA BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYALE
DE FONTAINEBLEAU. CE
SAGE PLEIN D?ERUDITION
EST L?INSTIGATEUR DU
COLLEGE DE FRANCE
LM
L?HISTOIRE de FRANCE
