fjt_058071 - LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...) Jeton AR 31, publication de l’Histoire du Languedoc, volume 1 1731
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Type : Jeton AR 31, publication de l’Histoire du Languedoc, volume 1
Date: 1731
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,16 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS.
Obverse description : Buste de Louis XV, signature JCR en monogramme sur l’épaule du roi.
Obverse translation : (Louis XV, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FASTORUM IMMORTALE DECUS ; À L'EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES : COM. OCCIT./ 1731.
Reverse description : L’Histoire assise tenant dans sa main droite une plume et dans sa main gauche un livre ouvert, à ses pieds différents volumes et auprès d’elle une écritoire et un écu aux armes de la province.
Reverse translation : (L’immortalité glorieuse assurée aux Annales de la Province/États de Languedoc).
Commentary
Le revers rappelle la rédaction et l’impression du premier volume de l’Histoire générale du Languedoc dont l’entreprise avait été confiée par les États aux Bénédictins de Saint-Maur puis à Dom Vaissette. Un exemplaire avait été offert au roi en 1730 et les États rendirent un hommage aux auteurs en 1731.
The reverse recalls the writing and printing of the first volume of the General History of Languedoc, the undertaking of which had been entrusted by the States to the Benedictines of Saint-Maur and then to Dom Vaissette. A example had been offered to the king in 1730 and the States paid homage to the authors in 1731.
The reverse recalls the writing and printing of the first volume of the General History of Languedoc, the undertaking of which had been entrusted by the States to the Benedictines of Saint-Maur and then to Dom Vaissette. A example had been offered to the king in 1730 and the States paid homage to the authors in 1731.
Historical background
LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...)
The Estates of Languedoc were made up of the archbishops and bishops of the province, nobles and delegates from the Third Estate appointed by the municipal bodies. Made up of working commissions, the States had the particular role of managing the accounts and distributing the direct royal taxes advanced in the form of a subscription by this country of states.. They also organized the means of communication through public works contracts. The tokens of the States were originally intended to be distributed to the members of the office of the account then, this distribution was extended to the members of the office of the recruits, to the president of the States, to the syndics general of the seneschalses, to the clerk for the king, to the stock exchange treasurer, etc.. They could also be given as a gratuity or as a tribute to external personalities.. Made in Paris with vintages between 1634 and 1790, these tokens were distributed in the form of purses of around one hundred tokens. The most recent "Directory of tokens and medals of the Estates General of Languedoc" was written by M. Gérard Pinto, Notebooks of the bibliophile agreement of Montpellier, 1993.
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