Presentation Medal depicting Hercules Artist: Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray (French, 1864–1932)

1890–1934

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

67.9 g, 12:00, 49.8 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.26339

Geography

Made in France

Culture

French

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Hercules in combat with the Nemean lion in a forest. Signature "L Coudray" in bottom right.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Hercules wrestling the giant Antaeus, under which is an unengraved plaque (meant for presentation). Signature "L. Coudray" in middle right.
Provenance
Dr. William Gilman Thompson, to 1935; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., about 1935; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1935–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Object/Work type

medals

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