Live auction - fme_700456 - LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Jean Daniel Schoepflin, Académie des sciences
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
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| End of the sale : | 26 August 2025 16:59:14 |
Type : Médaille, Jean Daniel Schoepflin, Académie des sciences
Date: 1771
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver A. Schäfer
Weight : 26,94 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène avec une petite usure sur les hauts reliefs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : IO. DAN. SCHOEPFLINVS V. C..
Obverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite, signé : A. S.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ACADEMIA ELECT. / SCIENT. THEODORO / PALATINA C. F. // NAT. VIII SEPT. MDCXCIV / OB. VII AVG. MDCCLXXI.
Reverse description : Légende en 3 lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Jean Daniel Schoepflin (1694-1771) est un historien et bibliophile, badois par son père, alsacien par sa mère et strasbourgeois d'adoption, qui fut professeur d'histoire et d'éloquence latine à l'université de Strasbourg, conseiller et historiographe du roi Louis XV.
Jean Daniel Schoepflin (1694-1771) was a historian and bibliophile, from Baden on his father's side, Alsatian on his mother's side and Strasbourg by adoption, who was professor of history and Latin eloquence at the University of Strasbourg, advisor and historiographer to King Louis XV.
Jean Daniel Schoepflin (1694-1771) was a historian and bibliophile, from Baden on his father's side, Alsatian on his mother's side and Strasbourg by adoption, who was professor of history and Latin eloquence at the University of Strasbourg, advisor and historiographer to King Louis XV.
Historical background
LOUIS XV THE BELOVED
(1/09/1715-10/05/1774)
Louis XV succeeded Louis XIV on September 1, 1715 and Philippe d'Orléans was sole regent. The quadruple alliance in 1717 aims to maintain the European balance with France, Austria, England and the United Provinces. During his visit to France, Tsar Peter I signed a bilateral treaty of understanding. In 1718, Abbé Dubois became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sacred Archbishop of Cambrai in 1720, Prime Minister in 1722, he died on August 10, 1723. France declared war on Spain in 1719 to prevent Philip V from overthrowing the Regent. The capture of San Sebastian and Hondarribia marks the end of hostilities. In 1720, Philippe V joined the Quadruple Alliance and renounced the throne of France by the Treaty of Madrid. The first Masonic lodge was founded in France in 1721. Louis XV was crowned at the age of 12 on October 25, 1722. On February 15, 1723, he was declared of age. The regent is replaced by the Duke of Bourbon who becomes prime minister. Philippe d'Orléans died on December 2.
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