1784 Medal Eimer-811 Ae Lunardi's Aerial Ascent, BN MS(PCGS#865482)

February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction - World Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

71030

等级

AU55BN

价格

10,482

详细说明

Joos-a.3. By Nicolas-Marie Gatteaux. Diameter: 42mm. Obverse: Genius reclining on a recumbent lion, looking upwards at a balloon among the clouds; launch grounds and crowd in the background; perimeter legend QUE NE PEUT LE GÉNIE above; four-line legend MEDAILLE FRAPP EN VERTU D'UNE SOUSCRIPT / FAITE À LYON PAR LES SOINS DE M. / ACHET ECUIER OFF. DE MONSIEUR / FRERE DU ROI in exergue below; signature N. GATTEAUX F. to left of lion; Reverse: Fourteen-line legend L'AËROSTAT, / NOMMÉ / LE DE FLESSELLES, / DE 100 PDS. DE DTRE. SUR 118 / DE HR. S'EST ÉLEVÉ A 1400 TES. / DES BROTTTEAUX À LYON / MONTÉ PAR MM. / MONTGOLFIER LNE. PILATRE DE ROSIER / CHARLE PRINCE DE LIGNE / LES CTES. DE LAURENCIN / DE LA PORTE D'ANGLEFORT / LE MIS. DE DAMPIERE / ET M. FONTAINE / LE 19 JER. 1784; Edge: Prow. Le Flesselle, named for the governor of Lyon, was the largest of the Montgolfier brothers' balloons and was launched on 19 January 1784 piloted by Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and included five passengers. At 3,000 feet, a poorly repaired tear failed and the balloon started losing its heated air, causing the balloon to descend slowly at first until the heated air was replaced by the frigid winter air - accelerating the rate of descent quickly. Miraculously, all seven passengers survived the crash. The balloon would never fly again, nor did the Montgolfier brothers ever again build a balloon that large.<p>This medal offers lustrous surfaces of a deep bronze hue. Struck between 1842 and 1845. Barely perceptible wear, though with scattered marks. Attractive.