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Sports Preparedness

1902
MintParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze, with brown patina
DimensionsDiameter: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession number2005.1176
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
InscriptionsObverse: Underneath victory's foot, inscribed "L" overlapping the "C" of the incised "COUDRAY".
Provenance1990, Collectors' Auctions, Ltd., Danbury, CT; September 8, 1990 Collectors' Auctions sale, lot 2729, to Cornelius C. Vermeule, III; 2005, gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)
Guillaume Dupré
after 1612
Giovanni Antonio Santarelli
after 1812
Philippe Regnault
about 1600
Jean-Pierre Droz
1806
Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier
1898
probably late 19th to early 20th century
Sperandio of Mantua
probably reproduction of about 1485 original
Mermaid Astride a Sea Monster
Unidentified artist
late 16th–early 17th century