Cast Medal of François Louis Tesseidre de Fleury, the Battle of Stony Point

1800–1899

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 39.42 g, 12:00, 46 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.429
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: VIRTUTIS ET AUDACIAE MONUM. ET PRAEMIUM around; D. DE FLEURY EQUITI GALLO / PRIMO SUPER MUROS / RESP. AMERIC. D.D. in exergue. De Fleury, in ancient armor, standing in the ruins of a fort with a short sword in his r. hand and a flag in h

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: AGGERES PALUDES HOSTES VICTI around; STONY-Pt. EXPUGN. / XV. JUL. MDCCLXXIX in exergue. A bird's-eye view of the fort; beyond is the river with six ships.

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Bibliography

Charles Wyllys Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, 1964 reprint (New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company, 1964), 258, no. 566

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

medals

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