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Clovis II 12eme Roi de France

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Date:

ca. 1840.

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2850440

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National Medal Collection

Clovis II 12eme Roi de France
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1840.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 071.73 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life of Clovis II, son of Dagobert I and twelfth King of France. He was declared the King of Neustria and Burgundy upon the death of his father at the age of four and was a minor for most of his reign, until his death in 656 at the age of twenty-two.

The obverse side of the medal displays a bust of Clovis II by Armand Caqué.

The reverse side of the medal is engraved with a short history of Clovis II.
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Artist: Caqué, Armand, 1793-1881

Depicted: Clovis II, King of the Franks, 635-657

Clovis II, roi des Francs, 635-657

Clovis II, King of the Franks, 635-657
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: CLOVIS II DIT LE FAINÉANT ROI DE FRA. / CAQUE 1840, Inscription: reverse: CLOVIS II. / 12EME. ROI. / FILS DE DAGOBERT I. / NÉ 634. / ROI 638. / TUTELLE DE LA REINE NANTILDE / ET D'EGA MAIRE DU PALAIS. / CONVOCATION A ORLÉANS / DES SEIGNEURS DE BOURGOGNE 641. / MORT DE LA REINE NANTILDE 642. / RÉUNION DE TOUTE LA MONARCHIE / APRÈS LA MORT DE SIGEBERT 650. / ASSEMBLÉE A CLICHI / DES GRANDS ET DES ÉVÈQUES / DU ROYAUME, 653. / MORT 656., Inscription: edge: mark CUIVRE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049147 : obverse
C-049148 : reverse
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Kings and rulers France

Rois et souverains France

Portrait medallions France

Médaillons (Portraits) France
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
01112
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Medals 1112

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Copy negative C-049147--C-049148

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1112

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