Medal for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the École française d'Athènes [obverse], 1898

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Medium

silver

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

Accession Number

2015.177.1.a

Artists / Makers

Louis-Oscar Roty (artist) French, 1846 - 1911

Image Use

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Inscription

across the field above: POUR.LA.SCIENCE.POUR.LA.PATRIE (For science, for the fatherland); lower right on the rocks: O ROTY; edge marked at 6:00: [a hallmark]; ARGENT

Provenance

Philip Conisbee [1946-2008]; his wife, Faya Causey, Washington, D.C.; gift 2015 to NGA.

Associated Names

Causey, Faya