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PARIS MINT ORPHEUS MEDAL
I literally said "whoa" when I saw this medal in Joe Levine's E-Mail Token and Medal Mini Sale List #102, published earlier
this week. Perhaps Whitman should consider a "100 Greatest Mythological Figures on Medals" book. Here's a great cover
piece, which Joe notes has been recognized before in numismatic literature. To contact Joe, write to: jlevine968@aol.com . -Editor
“ORPHEUS”, (1899). Obverse type of CGI: 3-100C; Maier 223. 114mm (4.5") Bronze Marie-Alexandre Lucien Coudray, Sc. (Paris Mint) Uniface. A lovely Uncirculated example! Obverse bust of Orpheus with long wavy tresses to half left, grasping a lyre in his left hand Orpheus was a Thracian poet and musician, son of Apollo and Caliope. When his wife Eurydice died, he descended to Hades, and so pleased Pluto by his music that the god allowed him to lead her back to earth on the condition that he should not look behind him. However, he looked back, and Eurydice vanished among the shades. One of the classics of Art-Nouveau, the obverse was used as a cover design for Mark Jones' The Art of the Medal. This medal, with a golden bronze finish and a modern royal blue Monnaie De Paris box, is undoubtedly a relatively modern production. However, its extra large size makes it particularly desirable. $175.00 Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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