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Medal by DUVIVIER, Benjamin: France, 1783, Bronze, 48 mm diameter-Almost XF with some scratches to the obverse and light stains
Obv: Bust of Louis XVI LUDOVICO XVI. FR. ET NAVR. REGI OPTIMO, Exergue: COMITIA BURGUND.
Rev: The personification of Burgundy seated, in front of her a cornucopia and shield; in her raised right hand she holds a caduceus. Beside her are the river gods of the Rhine, Saône and Loire, accompanied by urns from which water flows. UTRIUSQUE MARIS JUNCTION TRIPLEX text
Exergue: FOSSIS AB ARARI AD LIGER. SEQUAN. RHENUM. SIMUL APERTIS MDCCLXXXIII (Excavation from the Saône to the Loire Connected the Seine and the Rhine (sic) [Rhône], 1783)
Signed: B. DUVIVIER F. / DUV. Scarce Historic medal, The Central Canal (Canal du Centre, or Charolais Canal) links the river Loire (at Digoin) with the Saône (at Chalon-sur-Saône) in Burgundy, France. Construction was initiated in 1783 (the date of the medal) by Emiland Gauthey, who was Chief Engineer of Burgundy. The canal was opened in 1792 and made possible for the first time boat traffic from the north of France to the south.
Obv: Bust of Louis XVI LUDOVICO XVI. FR. ET NAVR. REGI OPTIMO, Exergue: COMITIA BURGUND.
Rev: The personification of Burgundy seated, in front of her a cornucopia and shield; in her raised right hand she holds a caduceus. Beside her are the river gods of the Rhine, Saône and Loire, accompanied by urns from which water flows. UTRIUSQUE MARIS JUNCTION TRIPLEX text
Exergue: FOSSIS AB ARARI AD LIGER. SEQUAN. RHENUM. SIMUL APERTIS MDCCLXXXIII (Excavation from the Saône to the Loire Connected the Seine and the Rhine (sic) [Rhône], 1783)
Signed: B. DUVIVIER F. / DUV. Scarce Historic medal, The Central Canal (Canal du Centre, or Charolais Canal) links the river Loire (at Digoin) with the Saône (at Chalon-sur-Saône) in Burgundy, France. Construction was initiated in 1783 (the date of the medal) by Emiland Gauthey, who was Chief Engineer of Burgundy. The canal was opened in 1792 and made possible for the first time boat traffic from the north of France to the south.