Description: Obverse : Moses in profile wearing a long beard; and surrounding hebraic language legend : משה אדון לכל הנביאים (Moses master of all the prophets), signed by french medalist Barre Reverse : The two tablets of stone on which the ten commandments were engraved surmounted on each side by a crown, rather anachronistic.Diameter : 34 mm or 1,35 inchWeight : 18,42 gramsMetal : bronze, plain edge, original 1827 strike The question arises as to the origin of this medal dated 1827 and engraved by Jean-Jacques BARRE, in the middle of the reign of Charles X.Mr Montagne C. having found the links to the article by E.A. Smith, “The Aaron medal” in The Shekel 24.3 (May-June 1991) on a medal of Aaron as well as those of Moses and David. He points out that the author indicates having contacted the Paris Mint, then the Museum of Art and History of Judaism as well as the French Commission of Jewish Archives, without success. And this is how he concludes his article:"we still do not know for whom these medals where commissioned"
Price: 175 USD
Location: Tourcoing
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Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Brand: FRENCH MINT
Composition: Bronze
Type: Medal
Fineness: 0.999
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
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