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E-auction 163-100292 - fjt_396006 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS CHARLES X quinaire du sacre 1825

CONSECRATION IN REIMS CHARLES X quinaire du sacre XF
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Estimate : 65 €
Price : 28 €
Maximum bid : 29 €
End of the sale : 30 May 2016 19:23:30
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : CHARLES X quinaire du sacre
Date: 1825
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAROLVS X REX FRANCIAE..
Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles X à gauche ; signé GAYRARD.

Reverse


Reverse legend : CORONAM FAVENTE DEO SUSCIPIT // À L'EXERGUE : REMIS. DIE. XXIX. MAII / M. VCCC. XXV..
Reverse description : L'archevêque de Reims à gauche couronnant à droite le roi agenouillé en prière à gauche (sans les rayons célestes).

Commentary


Charles X, essayant de renouer avec les fastes de l'Ancien Régime, est le dernier roi de France qui a été sacré le 29 mai 1825. Les légendes de droit et de revers sont en latin. Charles X n'est plus roi des Francs, ni des français, mais roi de France.
Beaucoup plus rare en cuivre rouge qu’en argent, paradoxalement.
Ces petits jetons, qui furent probablement jetés à la foule lors du couronnement, reprennent la tradition des romains.
Les empereurs romains frappaient des monnaies spécifiques, les quinaires, du diamètre et de l'aspect de notre jeton, qui servaient lors des largesses impériales, jetées au peuple.

Historical background


CONSECRATION IN REIMS

During the coronation of a king of France, from Henri III, tokens and medals were made. In his work on the medals and tokens of the coronation of the kings of France in Reims, Sombart distinguishes three categories whose usefulness is diverse: firstly, in gold, they are used for the ceremony during which the king offers 13 to the archbishop; secondly, tokens and medals were distributed when the king left the cathedral to the crowd massed in the forecourt; thirdly, coronation tokens and medals were made privately and were sold to commemorate the event either at the time of the coronation or afterwards. Concerning the coronations in Reims, 112 types of tokens and medals are known for kings Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X.

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