E-auction 684-730580 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Alexandre de Sève, prévôt des marchands 1660

ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Alexandre de Sève, prévôt des marchands XF

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Type : Alexandre de Sève, prévôt des marchands

Date: 1660

Metal : silver

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,39 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée. Faiblesses de frappe au revers

Catalogue references :

F.3588 var. métal - Corre.4548 - D'Affry 179

Obverse

Obverse legend : (FLEUR) DE. LA. 3E. PREVOSTE. DE. MRE. ALEXANDRE. DE. SEVE.

Obverse description : Écu aux armes d'Alexandre de Sève : fascé d'argent et sable à la bordure composée de même.

Reverse

Reverse legend : .HANC. REX. PACE. BEAT. ; À L'EXERGUE : 1660.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes de Paris.

Reverse translation : En lui apportant la paix, le Roi la comble de joie.

Commentary

Alexandre de Sève fut prévôt de 1654 à 1662.
La légende du revers célèbre la Paix des Pyrénées, signée le 7 novembre 1659, qui met un terme à la guerre que se livrent la France et l'Espagne depuis 1635. La "joie" que veut exprimer le revers trouve sa raison dans la principale clause du traité : le mariage de Louis XIV avec sa cousine germaine l'infante Marie-Thérèse, qui permet au Roi d'envisager la succession espagnole.
Alexandre de Sève was provost from 1654 to 1662. The legend on the reverse celebrates the Peace of the Pyrenees, signed on November 7, 1659, which put an end to the war that France and Spain had been waging since 1635. The \\\"joy\\\" that the reverse seeks to express finds its reason in the main clause of the treaty: the marriage of Louis XIV with his first cousin the Infanta Maria Theresa, which allowed the King to consider the Spanish succession.