Live auction - fjt_770862 - POLICE AND GENDARMERIE Préfecture de Police n.d.

POLICE AND GENDARMERIE Préfecture de Police AU

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Estimate :	70 €
Price :	35 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	17 December 2024 16:13:54
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Préfecture de Police

Date: n.d.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 13,30 g.

Edge : lisse

Obverse

Obverse legend : CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE..

Obverse description : Tête de CHARLES X à droite signée E. DUBOIS.

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIGILAT UT QUIESCANT. ; À L’EXERGUE GALLE F..

Reverse description : Coq vigilant debout à droite, une patte relevée.

Commentary

Le thème du coq vigilant prend directement la suite du thème de la grue vigilante, il suffit de constater que la patte est également levée et la position est la même. Il faut croire que la grue fut jugée trop aristocratique pour une administration plébéienne. Le jeu de mot entre le nom du type et celui du graveur est certainement involontaire.
The theme of the vigilant rooster follows directly from the theme of the vigilant crane, it is enough to note that the leg is also raised and the position is the same. It seems that the crane was considered too aristocratic for a plebeian administration. The pun between the name of the type and that of the engraver is certainly unintentional