E-auction 670-703945 - BÂTIMENTS DU ROI Palais du Luxembourg - Refrappe moderne 1721

BÂTIMENTS DU ROI Palais du Luxembourg - Refrappe moderne MS

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Type : Palais du Luxembourg - Refrappe moderne

Date: 1721

Metal : silver

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,40 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : corne ARGENT

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Faible usure. Taches d’oxydation

Catalogue references :

F.3098 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUD. XV. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX.

Obverse description : Buste de Louis XV à droite.

Obverse translation : Louis XV, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et de Navarre.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DOMUS. HOSPITE. DIGNA ; À L'EXERGUE : BATIMENS. DU. ROY. 1721.

Reverse description : La façade du Luxembourg. Au-dessus, le soleil passant dans le signe du Verseau.

Reverse translation : Une demeure digne de son hôte.

Commentary

Ce palais abrite aujourd'hui le Sénat, on ignore le pourquoi de la référence astrologique.
Le coin d’avers semble apocryphe.
This palace now houses the Senate, and the reason for the astrological reference is unknown. The obverse die appears to be apocryphal.