Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
236.0 g
Diameter
Thickness
4 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Technique
Engraved
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
(fr) Quatre tranches lisses.
Period
Notice
Georges-Henri Prud`Homme
Reference(s)
Obverse description
MOLIERE. In a central medallion, bust of Molière on the right between laurel branches, below a cartouche comprising a shield with mirrors surmounted by a theatrical mask flanked by two monkeys; signature G. PRVD`HOMME
Obverse lettering
G.
PRVD’HOMME
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
(fr) La muse de la comédie Thalie debout à gauche, couronnant de laurier Molière assis relisant un texte.
Reverse lettering
G. PRVD’HOMME
TRI-CENTENAIRE
1622 DE MOLIÈRE 1922
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
