E-auction 172-107303 - fjt_058620 - MARIE LESZCZYNSKA Jeton AR 29, Maison de la reine 1757

MARIE LESZCZYNSKA Jeton AR 29, Maison de la reine AU

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Estimate :	90 €
Price :	83 €
Maximum bid :	83 €
End of the sale :	01 August 2016 18:24:00
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : Jeton AR 29, Maison de la reine

Date: 1757

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,92 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

F.13366

Obverse

Obverse legend : MARIA. D. G. FR. - ET NAV. REGINA..

Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Marie Leszczynska, au-dessous signature DU VIVIER F..

Obverse translation : (Marie, par la grâce de Dieu, reine de France et de Navarre).

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÆTA NEPOTIBUS.

Reverse description : Cybèle assise de face sur deux lions, entourée de trois dieux et d’une déesse, le tout sur des nuages ; à l'exergue en trois lignes : MAISON DE/ LA REINE/ 1757.

Reverse translation : (Heureuse de sa descendance).

Commentary

Le type du revers à la déesse sur les lions est probablement inspiré de monnaies antiques où Atargatis, la Dea Syria, est toujours assise sur un ou des lions.

Historical background

MARIE LESZCZYNSKA

(1725-1768)

Marie Leszczynska is the daughter of Stanislas Leszczynski and Catherine Opalinska; she was born in Breslau in 1703. Her father was elected King of Poland in July 12, 1704 but he was quickly dethroned. In 1718 the Leszczynskis found refuge in France where they lived on a pension granted to them by the Regent. At the instigation of the Duke of Bourbon, the engagement of Louis XV with the Infanta of Spain, celebrated in 1721, was broken. On September 5, 1725, Louis XV married Marie Leszczynska in Fontainebleau. She gave birth to two boys, the Grand Dauphin (1729-1765) and the Duke of Anjou (1730-1733), as well as eight girls. She died on June 24, 1768.