E-auction 88-45351 - fjt_302255 - PREMIER EMPIRE / FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE DENON Dominique Vivant n.d.

PREMIER EMPIRE / FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE DENON Dominique Vivant AU

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	32 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	22 December 2014 18:55:30
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : DENON Dominique Vivant

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : red copper

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R2

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue à droite signée A sur la tranche du buste.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DENON.

Commentary

Probablement initiateur de l’idée, Dominique Vivant Denon se fit certainement fabriquer des quinaires à l’imitation de ceux de l’Empereur. Ils sont particulièrement rares et c’est la première fois que nous en proposons un : on se demande effectivement sur le parcours de quel événement Denon aurait pu envoyer ces quinaires à la foule ?
Ces petits jetons reprennent la tradition des Romains.
Les empereurs romains frappaient des monnaies spécifiques, les quinaires, du diamètre et de l'aspect de notre jeton, qui servaient lors des largesses impériales, jetées au peuple.

Historical background

PREMIER EMPIRE / FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE

(December 2, 1804)

Jean-Pierre Droz was appointed General Administrator of the Coins and Medals of France in 1802 and, two years later, he became curator of the Monetary Museum until 1814. On the medals of Napoleon I we find the name of Dominique Vivant Denon (1747 -1825) who had participated in the Expedition to Egypt and became in 1804 Director of Museums and the coin, a position he held until 1815.