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References and biographical notes: - la medaille au temps de louis xiv () - catalogue général illustré des éditions de la monnaie de paris", first volume () - historie metallique de louis xiv - medailles sur les principaux evénèments du regne de louis le grand () read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibronze medal issued in honour of cardinal mazarin () to commemorate the siege of casale indiameter: approx53 mm weight: approxnote: the first version of this medal was by jean varin () and it was certainly struck after (mazarin became cardinal on 16 december )catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledifferent inscription and some details of the scene corrected on the reverse side63 g edge without hallmarkswere made by him between andthe medal was therefore minted during this periodartist: jean baptiste dufour ( - ?) according to 'la medaille au temps de louis xiv' it appears that all the dies marked dour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit is generally known that most medals made in france are reproduced using the original die, but for some of these it was not possible if the die got broken or deteriorated, which is probably the case with varin's dieobverse: iulius cardinalis mazarinus bust of cardinal facing right reverse: in festas acies nutu dirimit exergue: casali and initials d f scene with the opposing armies (french and spanish), deployed on the field, at the centre mazarin (soon to be cardinal) riding towards the spanish army holding his hat in hand (he managed to negotiate an agreement)the medal on offer is a subsequent version with various variations, including: date of in exergue with the initials drarity: rr tracked shipping via dhl, carefully packagedcondition: almost unc fine patinaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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