J.B.Poquelin De Molière
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1977 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 68.4 g |
| Diameter | 49 mm |
| Thickness | 3.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 543561 |
Obverse
Profile looking left, cutting through the caption.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
J.B.POQUELIN
DE MOLIERE
DOMARD
Unabridged legend: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
Engraver: Joseph-François Domard
Reverse
Legend in twelve lines within an oak wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NÉ A PARIS
15 JANV. 1622
LES PRÉCIEUSES RIDICULES
1659.
LE MISANTHROPE
1666.
TARTUFFE
1667.
LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE
1673.MORT A PARIS
17 FÉVR. 1673
Engraver: Joseph-François Domard
Edge
Smooth, cornucopia and inscription.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1977 BRONZE
© Titfreddy (CC BY-SA)
Mint
 |
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Comments
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, was a French actor and playwright, baptized on January 15, 1622 in the church of Saint-Eustache in Paris, and died in the same city on February 17, 1673.
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