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| Estimate : | 24 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 December 2013 16:55:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : LOUIS XIV
Date: 1689
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS. MAGNVS. REX.
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Louis XIV signée R [inédit].
Obverse translation : Louis le Grand, Roi.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ACRIVS. HINC. AD. BELLA ; À L'EXERGUE : CHAMBRE. AUX. DENIERS.1689.
Reverse description : Des abeilles butinant sur des fleurs.
Reverse translation : Ardentes pour la guerre.
Historical background
CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS
The Chambre aux deniers is "a kind of Accounting Chamber established for the personal expenses of the king or rather of the Hôtel du roi" (Charles Préau, Study on the Chambre aux deniers du roi du XIIe au XVIe siècle). It is also called "chambre aux deniers de l'hôtel" and has been established regularly since the reign of Saint Louis. The expenses of the offices, Bakery, Échansonnerie, Kitchen, Fruiterie, Stable and Pound, are regulated by the Chamber of the deniers which was made deliver funds by the Chamber of the Treasury.
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