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Charlemagne 24eme Roi de France

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Date:

ca. 1839.

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2850459

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National Medal Collection

Charlemagne 24eme Roi de France
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1839.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 070.64 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life of Charlemagne, Emperor of Europe and the second Frankish King of the Carolingian dynasty. Upon being crowned "Emperor" by Pope Leo III in the year 800, Charlemagne helped to unite most of Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire.

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

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

Depicted: Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814

Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814

Charlemagne, empereur, 742-814
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: CHARLEMAGNE ROI DE FRANCE / CAQUÉ. 1839., Inscription: reverse: CHARLEMAGNE. / 24EME. ROI. / FILS DE PÉPIN LE BREF. / NÉ 742. / ROI 768. / SOUMISSION DE L'AQUITAINE 769. / BATAILLE DU TORRENT 772. / GUERRE EN ITALIE CONTRE DIDIER 773. / RÉCEPTION DU ROI A ROME 774. / CHARLEMAGNE ROI D'ITALIE 774. / GUERRES CONTRE LES SAXONS 775 A 783. / SOUMISSION DE WITIKIND ET D'ALBION 785 / CODE THÉODOSIEN 788. / DIÈTE A RATISBONNE 791. / NOUVELES GUERRES AVEC LES SAXONS 791 A 797 / GRAND CONCILE DE FRANCFORT 794. / CHARLEMAGNE EMPEUR. DOCCIDENT 800 / PREMIÈRE DESCENTE DES NORMANDS 808. / ASSOCIATION DE LOUIS / A L'EMPIRE / 845. / MORT 814., Inscription: edge: mark CUIVRE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049153 : obverse
C-049154 : 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
01124
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Medals 1124

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Copy negative C-049153--C-049154

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1124

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