fjt_010245 - LOUIS-JOSEPH OF FRANCE, HEIR APPARENT ALSACE - STRASBOURG 1781
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Price : 180.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : ALSACE - STRASBOURG
Date: 1781
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. JOSEPH. DELPHINUS. NAT. XI. CAL. NOV. MDCCLXXXI.
Obverse description : Buste à droite du jeune dauphin, n° 419a ; à l'exergue un dauphin nageant à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Louis Joseph, dauphin, né le 11 novembre 1781).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARGENTORATUM. FELIX. VOTIS. SECULARIBUS. PRID. CAL. OCTOB. - MDCCLXXXI.
Reverse description : Lis de type florentin ; sous un trait d'exergue : MDCCLXXXI.
Commentary
Ce jeton fut frappé pour commémorer la naissance du dauphin, le 11 novembre 1781, probablement sur demande de la ville de Strasbourg dont le lis de type florentin est repris au revers de cet exemplaire.
This token was struck to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin, on November 11, 1781, probably at the request of the city of Strasbourg, whose Florentine-type lily is reproduced on the reverse of this example.
This token was struck to commemorate the birth of the Dauphin, on November 11, 1781, probably at the request of the city of Strasbourg, whose Florentine-type lily is reproduced on the reverse of this example.
Historical background
LOUIS-JOSEPH OF FRANCE, HEIR APPARENT
(21/10/1781-04/06/1789)
Louis-Joseph is the first child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. He was born on October 21, 1781 in Versailles but died when he was not yet eight years old. His brother, better known as Louis XVII, then took the title of Dauphin.
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