E-auction 637-638985 - fjt_1035016 - KING'S SECRETARIES Émission de 1710 (1705)
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 13 € |
| Maximum bid : | 15 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2025 19:55:40 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Émission de 1710
Date: (1705)
Metal : silver plated brass
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,64 g.
Edge : cannelée
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Taches d’oxydation. Date effacée. Traces de monture sur la tranche ayant effacé la cannelure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS. MAGNUS REX.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV signé TB [n°245var] type Guéant Prieur 472F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DVCEM. REGEM. QVE. SEQVNTVR ; À L'EXERGUE : SECRETAIRE. DV. ROY..
Reverse description : La reine des abeilles et son essaim s'envolant vers le soleil.
Reverse translation : Elles suivent leur guide et Roi.
Commentary
Il pourrait s’agir d’une refrappe
En 1680, le Mercure Galant donnait l'explication suivante de ce revers: "Cela fait voit que, comme les abeilles s'attachent toujours à suivre leur roy, les secrétaires de Sa Majesté sont prests en tout temps de recevoir les ordres de ce grand prince, qui est, en quelque façon, le chef de leur compagnie" (Mercure Galant, mars 1680).
It could be a re-striking In 1680, the Mercure Galant gave the following explanation for this reversal: \\\"This shows that, as bees always strive to follow their king, His Majesty's secretaries are ready at all times to receive orders from this great prince, who is, in a way, the head of their company\\\" (Mercure Galant, March 1680)
En 1680, le Mercure Galant donnait l'explication suivante de ce revers: "Cela fait voit que, comme les abeilles s'attachent toujours à suivre leur roy, les secrétaires de Sa Majesté sont prests en tout temps de recevoir les ordres de ce grand prince, qui est, en quelque façon, le chef de leur compagnie" (Mercure Galant, mars 1680).
It could be a re-striking In 1680, the Mercure Galant gave the following explanation for this reversal: \\\"This shows that, as bees always strive to follow their king, His Majesty's secretaries are ready at all times to receive orders from this great prince, who is, in a way, the head of their company\\\" (Mercure Galant, March 1680)
Historical background
KING'S SECRETARIES
Their function was quite similar to that of our current Secretaries of State. There is an excellent article on the subject online, taken from the Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la noblesse de France by Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773-1842) — Paris, 1816 at http://www.blason-armoiries.org/feodalite -nobility/s/secretaries-of-the-king.htm.
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