Live auction - fjt_988346 - NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Invalides de la Marine 1773

NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Invalides de la Marine XF

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Estimate :	80 €
Price :	40 €
Maximum bid :	40 €
End of the sale :	01 April 2025 18:40:00
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Invalides de la Marine

Date: 1773

Mint name / Town : s.l.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 33,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 15,04 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine hétérogène, légèrement irisée. Présence de plusieurs coups et rayures

Catalogue references :

F.1556 - Guéant - Prieur672 A

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS.

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé B.DUVIVIER [n°357], type Guéant Prieur 672A.

Obverse translation : Louis XV, Roi très chrétien.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LUD. XV. MAJORUM. EXEMPLIS. AD. MAJORA. INVITANTI ; À L'EXERGUE : INVALIDES DE LA MARINE. 1773.

Reverse description : La statue du Roi, debout, de face, sur une base de colonne rostrale entre deux bustes posés chacun sur un fût de colonne avec inscription illisible.

Reverse translation : Louis XV, à l'exemple de ses ancêtres, invitant aux plus grandes actions.