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1806, France, Lyon (City). Silver "Academy of Sciences, Humanities & Arts" Medal.
Medal depicting the ancient Altar of Augustus in Lyons. R!

Mint Year: 1806
Reference: F. 10749.
Denomination: Medal - Revival of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities & Arts in 1806 (the date 1700 refers to it´s founding!)
Diameter: 30mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 11,4gm

Obverse: The Roman Altar of Augustus in Lyons, consisting of a table, decorated with the corona civica between two laurel trees and two Lares. On each side of the altar Victory standing on a column, holding wreath and palm.
Legend: ATHENAEUM LUGDUNENSE RESTITUTUM
Exergue: M.D.CC. (1700)

Reverse: Legend in 6 lines within laurel wreath.
Legend: ACAD. LUGDUN. SCIENT. LITTER. ET ARTIUM

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In 1700 the Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Lyon was founded. In 1713, an Académie des Beaux-Arts de Lyon was founded, and eventually became the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. In 1758, these two societies merged to become the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon. The Academy was dissolved in 1793. It revived in 1800, July 13, as an Athénée. Since that time, it has taken various names, including: Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon; Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon; Académie Impériale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon; and Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon.