E-auction 22-6430 - fjt_05147 - NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Lutte contre les pirates musulmans 1757

NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Lutte contre les pirates musulmans AU

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Estimate :	58 €
Price :	72 €
Maximum bid :	75 €
End of the sale :	16 September 2013 17:30:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Lutte contre les pirates musulmans

Date: 1757

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

F.1397 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX. CHRISTIANISS.

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV inédit proche du N° 342.

Obverse translation : Louis XV, Roi très chrétien.

Reverse

Reverse legend : RAPTORIBUS INGRUIT ULTRIX : À L'EXERGUE : MARINE. 1757.

Reverse description : Combat de cinq bêtes fauves.

Reverse translation : Le vengeur s'attaque aux pilleurs.

Commentary

La Galissonière, amiral, vainqueur de Bugny à Minorque. cf.F.11478 les pirates musulmans arabes, basés principalement à Alger infestaient la Méditerranée, attaquant les navires et faisant des descentes sur les cotes pour capturer des chrétiens ensuite vendus comme esclaves.
La Galissonière, admiral, victor of Bugny in Minorca. cf.F.11478 Arab Muslim pirates, based mainly in Algiers, infested the Mediterranean, attacking ships and raiding the coasts to capture Christians who were then sold into slavery