fjt_702486 - FRENCH ACADEMY / ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE Académie française, émission de 1719 1717

Ces jetons étaient distribués aux membres de l'Académie lors de leurs réunions du lundi, jeudi et samedi. On appelait " jetonniers " les académiciens remarqués pour leur assiduité aux réunions. En 1719, ce jeton a pu être entre les mains de Claude Gros de Boze. Celui-ci, né à Lyon le 28 janvier 1680, fut numismate et garde, en 1719, du Cabinet des antiques dont il classa la collection. Il fut reçu à l’Académie par André Dacier. Il mourut le 10 septembre 1753.
These tokens were distributed to members of the Academy during their meetings on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Academicians noted for their regular attendance at meetings were called \\\"jetonniers.\\\" In 1719, this token may have been in the hands of Claude Gros de Boze. Born in Lyon on January 28, 1680, he was a numismatist and, in 1719, keeper of the Cabinet of Antiques, whose collection he classified. He was received at the Academy by André Dacier. He died on September 10, 1753.