Live auction - fjt_961114 - LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...) Pont du Gard 1747
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Live starting : Type : Pont du Gard
Date: 1747
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,85 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV, au-dessous signature JCR en monogramme.
Obverse translation : (Louis XV, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NUNC UTILIUS ; À L’EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES AUTOUR DES ARMES DE LA PROVINCE : COM. - OCCIT. / 17 - 47.
Reverse description : Le pont du Gard et le nouveau pont où passent des charrettes, un pêcheur au premier plan.
Reverse translation : (Maintenant plus utile / États de Languedoc).
Commentary
Les États de Languedoc firent construire un nouveau pont adossé au pont du Gard dés 1743 afin d’assurer le passage des piétons et des chariots sur la route entre le Bas-Languedoc et Lyon ou Paris. Il fut terminé en 1746.
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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