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| Estimate : | 24 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 July 2013 17:06:30 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : SECRÉTAIRES DU ROI
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de Louis XV N° 336.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DUCEM REGEMQUE SEQUUNTUR ; À L'EXERGUE : SECRETAIRES DU ROY 1731.
Reverse description : Un essaim d'abeilles montant vers un soleil à visage humain.
Reverse translation : Elles suivent leur guide et Roi.
Commentary
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).
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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