IIe RÉPUBLIQUE February 24, 1848 - December 2, 1852 - Lot 287

IIe RÉPUBLIQUE February 24, 1848 - December 2, 1852 (laurel branch) LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Bearded Hercules, half-naked, standing frontally with leonté, on his left shoulder a lion's paw, on his arm and around his waist the skin of the Nemean lion, behind his legs the lion's tail and paws, uniting Liberté standing left turned right holding a pike surmounted by a Phrygian cap, wearing a peplos, and Égalité standing right turned left, holding the level, wearing a chiton. In the exergue, Dupré's signature in cursive letters between two stars. R/. FRENCH REPUBLIC. (star). Value and date within a wreath of laurel and oak. Below, hand, workshop letter and greyhound head. Edge inscribed in relief DIEU PROTÈGE LA FRANCE. ** Gad 683 5 Francs argent type Hercule de Dupré 1848 A = Paris (25.02 g) Superb. Exemplaire vente JVN (mai 1995) n°783