E-auction 670-703945 - BÂTIMENTS DU ROI Palais du Luxembourg - Refrappe moderne 1721
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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 :
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.
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.
Historical background
BÂTIMENTS DU ROI
Under the Ancien Régime, the administration of the King's Buildings, dependent on the department of the House of the King, was mainly responsible for works ordered by the sovereign, in his residences in Paris or the surrounding area. There is an excellent article on wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi.
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