E-auction 601-570719 - fjt_792087 - NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Galères 1723

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Estimate :	90 €
Price :	58 €
Maximum bid :	90 €
End of the sale :	21 October 2024 20:25:00
bidders :	10 bidders

Type : Galères

Date: 1723

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,98 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

jolie patine aux reflets bleutés au droit

Catalogue references :

F.1500 - Guéant - Prieur528 A

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISSIMUS.

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV, Type Guéant Prieur 528A.

Obverse translation : Louis XV, roi très chrétien.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEUS DEDIT IRE SOLUTAS ; À L'EXERGUE : GALERES. 1723..

Reverse description : Quatre sirènes sortant d'une galère faisant naufrage et se précipitant dans la mer, signé I.B..

Reverse translation : Dieu les a libérées.

Commentary

Le buste est rare.
L'administration des galères aime à user du mythe développé par Virgile : dans le 9ème livre de l’Énéide, Turnus entreprend de brûler les vaisseaux d'Enée mais Jupiter les sauve en les transformant en Néréides. Les sirènes tendent ainsi à revêtir au XVIIIe siècle une fonction quasi-emblématique pour cette administration qui est la seule à les représenter sur ses jetons.
The bust is rare. The galley administration likes to use the myth developed by Virgil: in the 9th book of the Aeneid, Turnus sets out to burn Aeneas' ships but Jupiter saves them by transforming them into Nereids. The sirens thus tend to take on a quasi-emblematic function in the 18th century for this administration, which is the only one to represent them on its tokens.