E-auction 91-47124 - fjt_294390 - ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Antoine Le Camus seigneur d’Hémery, refrappe 1661

ILE DE FRANCE - TOWNS AND GENTRY Antoine Le Camus seigneur d’Hémery, refrappe AU

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Estimate :	65 €
Price :	14 €
Maximum bid :	15 €
End of the sale :	12 January 2015 19:04:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Antoine Le Camus seigneur d’Hémery, refrappe

Date: 1661

Metal : brass

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R2

Catalogue references :

F.- - Corre.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : MRE. ANT. LE CAMVS. CR. D. R. EN. SES. CONILS. CONLVR. GNAL. D. FIN. D. FR..

Obverse description : Armes sous un casque soutenues par deux griffons.

Obverse translation : Monseigneur Antoine Le Camus Conseiller du roi en ses Conseils, Contrôleur Général des Finances de France.

Reverse

Reverse legend : COMES CONSILIORVM 1661.

Reverse description : Harpocrate, le dieu du Silence, debout et accoudé contre une colonne, un doigt sur les lèvres et tenant une corne d’abondance ; à l’exergue : 1661.

Reverse translation : Membre des conseils.

Commentary

On comprend que les fonctions de notre personnage lui ait suggéré le choix du revers. Nous n’avons jamais vu ce jeton en frappe originale.
It is understandable that the functions of our character suggested the choice of the reverse. We have never seen this token in its original form.