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Mérovée 3eme Roi de France

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Date:

ca. 1840.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

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Item ID number:

2850431

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National Medal Collection

Mérovée 3eme Roi de France
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1840.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 073.49 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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This bronze medal commemorates the life of Mérovéé or Merovech, the third King of France and the ruler the Merovingian dynasty of early Franks is named after.

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

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

Depicted: Merovech, King of the Franks, ca. 411-458

Merovech, King of the Franks, ca. 411-458

Mérovée, roi des Francs, ca 411-458
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: MÉROVÉE ROI DE FRANCE / CAQUÉ / 1840, Inscription: reverse: MÉROVÉE. / 3EME. ROI. / FILS OU PROCHE PARENT / DE CLODION. / NÉ... / ROI 448. / LIGUE ENTRE MÉROVÉE / AETIUS ET THEODORIC / CONTRE ATTILA ROI DES HUNS. / DÉFAITE D'ATTILA / DANS LES PLAINES DE CHALONS SUR MARNE 454 / EXCURSIONS DE MÉROVÉE / JUSQU'AUX BORDS DE LA SEINE. / COMMENCEMENT / DE LA PREMIÈRE RACE / DITE DES / MÉROVINGIENS. / MORT 458., Inscription: edge: mark CUIVRE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049087 : obverse
C-049088 : reverse
Subject heading:

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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
01103
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Medals 1103

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Copy negative C-049087--C-049088

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1103

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