101827 | FRANCE. Founding of the University of Paris silvered bronze Medal.

101827  |  FRANCE. Founding of the University of Paris silvered bronze Medal. Issued 1895. Commemorating the 680th anniversary of the university's founding (65mm, 124.91 g, 12h). By J.-C. Chaplain at the Paris mint.

 

UNIVERSITE • DE • PARIS / 1215 1895, Alma Mater seated facing on throne, raising hand and holding book; to left and right, female and male scholar standing facing one another; below, civic coat-of-arms of Paris surmounted by mural crown and within wreath composed of oak and laurel branches / FLVCTVAT • NEC • MERGITVR, ship of Paris under sail left. Edge: «cornucopia» BRONZE.

 

Maier 88. Choice Mint State. Light gray surfaces, with an alluring matte nature.

 

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