August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Description
FRANCE. Jean Cochet Nickel-Silver Medal, 1875. UNCIRCULATED.
Weight: 66.15 gms; diameter: 51mm. By JC Chaplain. Obverse: Portrait facing left with ecclesiastical collar, L'ABBÉ COCHET, ARCHÉOLOGUE around; Reverse: Many lines of text. Rim: Stamped "Maillechort". Jean Benoît Désiré Cochet (1812-75) was, with Jacques Boucher de Perthes, a pioneering figure and prolific author in the field of medieval French scientific archaeology. He was ordained a priest in 1836 and a decade later was made priest to Saint-Jacques de Dieppe where he remained for the rest of his ecclesiastical career. He also was appointed an inspector of historical monuments for the Department of the Seine-Inférieure in 1849 and later Curator of the Rouen Antiquities Museum. As the reverse of this medal indicates, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1855. This medal is nowhere recorded as a work by Jules-Clément Chaplain, though sale records exist of bronze examples. This is the first Nickel-Silver example recorded. Chaplain was at a very early stage in his career in 1875, the obverse bears a superb portrait of its subject, and presents every hallmark of the artist's extremely detailed and compelling modeling: from his elaborate hair, to the sensitive folds of and around his ecclesiastical collar, to the wrinkles at the corner of his eye and double chin.
To view supplemental information about the Stephen R. Parks Collection, click here.
From the Stephen R. Parks Collection of Medallic Arts.
Estimate: $60.00- $100.00
Question about this lot?
Bidding
| Price realized | 40 USD |
| Starting price | 36 USD |
