fjt_04532 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE 1770
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Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOV: XVI. REX CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI signé J.P.DROZ [n°380].
Obverse translation : Louis XVI, Roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PERPETUA EX NUPTIIS IMPERIORUM CONCORDIA - À L'EXERGUE DIE XVI MAII M. DCC. LXX.
Reverse description : Minerve assise à droite, le coude droit appuyé sur une colonne, à la gauche une palme, et recevant deux écussons de France-Dauphiné et d'Autriche, que lui présente l'Amour piétinant tambours, casque et faisceau.
Reverse translation : Une concorde éternelle grace au mariage de deux empires - à l'exergue: Le 16 mai 1770.
Commentary
Âgé de soixante ans, Louis XV, ayant perdu son fils Louis en 1765, voulait marier le dauphin, le futur Louis XVI. Il lui fit épouser la fille de l'impératrice Marie-Thérèse et de l'empereur François Ier ; elle était également la sœur de l'empereur Joseph II (1765-1790). Le mariage eut lieu le 16 mai 1770. La France et l'Autriche avaient été opposées dans la guerre de Succession d'Autriche entre 1740 et 1748, puis alliées pendant la guerre de Sept Ans entre 1756 et 1763. Le revers est signé sur la base de la colonne.
Sixty-year-old Louis XV, having lost his son Louis in 1765, wanted to marry the dauphin, the future Louis XVI. He had him marry the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I; she was also the sister of Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790). The marriage took place on May 16, 1770. France and Austria had been on opposite sides in the War of the Austrian Succession between 1740 and 1748, then allies during the Seven Years' War between 1756 and 1763. The reverse is signed on the base of the column
Sixty-year-old Louis XV, having lost his son Louis in 1765, wanted to marry the dauphin, the future Louis XVI. He had him marry the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I; she was also the sister of Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790). The marriage took place on May 16, 1770. France and Austria had been on opposite sides in the War of the Austrian Succession between 1740 and 1748, then allies during the Seven Years' War between 1756 and 1763. The reverse is signed on the base of the column
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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