fjt_04527 - PHILIPPE D'ORLÉANS and LOUIS XV n.d.

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Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Catalogue references :

F.13171 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : PHILIP. DUX AUREL. FR. ET. NAV. REGENS.

Obverse description : Tête à droite du régent Philippe d'Orléans signée D.V.

Obverse translation : Philippe duc d'Orléans régent de France et de Navarre.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LUDOVICUS. XV. D. G. FR. ET NAV. REX.

Reverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV N°275.

Reverse translation : Louis XV, par la grace de Dieu, Roi des Francs et de Navarre.

Commentary

Ce jeton, qui est sans problème en frappe d'origine, est sur flan miroir et d'un poids légèrement plus élevé (11,90) que les exemplaires habituels, est très certainement, sinon une frappe d'essai, au moins une frappe inaugurale.

Historical background

PHILIPPE D'ORLÉANS and LOUIS XV

Philippe d'Orléans (1674-1723) was the son of Philippe d'Orléans (1640-1701) and the brother of Louis XIV and Charlotte, Princess Palatine (1652-1722). Philippe married Françoise-Marie (1677-1749), natural daughter of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan. On September 1, 1715, on his deathbed, Louis XIV planned a collegial regency made up of Philippe d'Orléans and the legitimized sons of the King. On September 2, 1715, Philippe d'Orléans, the regent, had his uncle's will annulled by the Parliament of Paris in exchange for the right of remonstrance. Philippe will be regent until his death on December 2, 1723. Louis XV, meanwhile, was born on February 15, 1710, third son of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, son of the Grand Dauphin. He is the great-grandson of Louis XIV. Duke of Anjou and Brittany, he became Dauphin on March 8, 1712 after the death of his grandfather in 1711, of his father and his brother in 1712. He succeeded his great-grandfather, Louis XIV, on the 1st September 1715 and will be consecrated in Reims on October 25, 1722.