Live auction - fjt_1167497 - FRENCH ROYAL ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND LITERATURE Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Louis XVI n.d.
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Live starting : Type : Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres - Louis XVI
Date: n.d.
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,86 g.
Edge : coordonnée
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les hauts reliefs. Quelques taches d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Collection Henri Labouret
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS XVI. FR. ET NAV. REX.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI, signé DU VIV., type Guéant Prieur 744H.
Obverse translation : Louis XVI, roi des Francs et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VETAT - MORI ; À L’EXERGUE : REGIA INSCRIP. ET HUM. LITTER. ACADEMIA.
Reverse description : Une femme drapée à l'antique, brandissant une couronne et tenant un rouleau de papier, debout appuyée contre un autel couvert d'une inscription en six lignes. A gauche, une stèle brisée. À ses pieds une urne renversée d'où s'écoulent des monnaies. Derrière, un obélisque. Signé DUV.
Reverse translation : Elle préserve de la mort.
Commentary
Ce jeton non daté date certainement des alentours de 1785 si l’on en croit l’étude faite dans le Guéant-Prieur.
This undated token certainly dates from around 1785 if we are to believe the study carried out in Guéant-Prieur
This undated token certainly dates from around 1785 if we are to believe the study carried out in Guéant-Prieur
Historical background
FRENCH ROYAL ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND LITERATURE
The Royal Academy of Inscriptions, founded by Colbert in 1663, nicknamed "the little academy" by Madame de Montespan, was the first foundation of the reign of Louis XIV. Originally, it brought together, in private council, only a handful of academicians responsible for working for the glorification of the King. In practice, this small academy was responsible for designing or supervising the monuments erected to the glory of the King (inscriptions on the gates of Paris, ceilings of the Hall of Mirrors), checking the opera librettos, imagining the mottos of the tokens and medals, etc. On the death of Louis XIV, it became the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, its operation was formalized and its missions became official. Reading tips: BARRET-KRIEGEL B., "The Academies of History", Paris, 1988; MAURY A., "The old Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres", Paris, 1864.
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