Prix de l’Ecole de pharmacie de Paris

Description

Date 1867
Metal silver
Shape round
Weight 50,6 g
Dimensions  45 mm
Marks on the edge
Medallist Farochon
Rarity very rare

Obverse: Circular legend: UNIVERSITE DE FRANCE, bottom legend: ECOLE DE PHARMACIE / DE PARIS

Surprisingly, this prize medal type, initially struck for the Strasbourg School of Pharmacy, was also used for Paris under the reign of Napoleon III.