fjt_06902 - PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES / BRIDGES AND ROADS Le Pont Royal 1772
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Price : 140.00 €
Type : Le Pont Royal
Date: 1772
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS. XV. REX. CHRISTIANISSIMUS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé ROETTIERS. FIL. F. [n°350], buste 674A du Guéant Prieur.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAUCIS. AMPLECTITUR. ARCUBUS. AMNEM ; À L'EXERGUE : PONTS. ET. CHAUSSEES. MDCC. LXXII. ROETT. FIL. F.
Reverse description : Le Pont Royal rebâti entre deux chaussées non plantées.
Reverse translation : Il embrasse le fleuve en peu d'arches.
Commentary
Buste très rare dont cette occurrence était inconnue, uniquement répertorié dans le Guéant-Prieur par une refrappe en cuivre.
Pascal Van Waeyenbergh nous communique : “Le pont représenté sur ce jeton ne peut pas être le pont de Neuilly comme l’indique Feuardent puisque celui-ci n'est reconstruit en pierre qu'en 1772 et que de plus, son environnement de l'époque ne ressemble en rien à la scène figurée au revers. D'après mes recherches, ce jeton a été frappé à l'occasion de la reconstruction en pierre du Pont Royal. L'architecture de ce dernier ainsi que son environnement à la fin du XVIIIème siècle correspondent en tous points à la représentation figurée sur le revers de ce jeton. De plus, le Pont Royal fut terminé en 1689 (date correspondant au portrait âgé du roi) et la construction fut financée par Louis XIV en personne, événements qui méritaient bien la frappe d'un jeton commémoratif. Pour plus de détails mon article à http://jetons-royaux.blog4ever.com/blog/lire-article-593942-9663534-reinterpretation_d_un_jeton_de_louis_xiv_.html .
Very rare bust whose occurrence was unknown, only recorded in the Guéant-Prieur by a copper re-strike. Pascal Van Waeyenbergh tells us: “The bridge represented on this token cannot be the Neuilly bridge as Feuardent indicates since it was not rebuilt in stone until 1772 and moreover, its environment at the time bears no resemblance to the scene depicted on the reverse. According to my research, this token was struck on the occasion of the reconstruction in stone of the Pont Royal. The architecture of the latter as well as its environment at the end of the 18th century correspond in every way to the representation depicted on the reverse of this token. In addition, the Pont Royal was completed in 1689 (date corresponding to the aged portrait of the king) and the construction was financed by Louis XIV himself, events which well merited the striking of a commemorative token. For more details my article at http://jetons-royaux.blog4ever.com/blog/lire-article-593942-9663534-reinterpretation_d_un_jeton_de_louis_xiv_.html
Pascal Van Waeyenbergh nous communique : “Le pont représenté sur ce jeton ne peut pas être le pont de Neuilly comme l’indique Feuardent puisque celui-ci n'est reconstruit en pierre qu'en 1772 et que de plus, son environnement de l'époque ne ressemble en rien à la scène figurée au revers. D'après mes recherches, ce jeton a été frappé à l'occasion de la reconstruction en pierre du Pont Royal. L'architecture de ce dernier ainsi que son environnement à la fin du XVIIIème siècle correspondent en tous points à la représentation figurée sur le revers de ce jeton. De plus, le Pont Royal fut terminé en 1689 (date correspondant au portrait âgé du roi) et la construction fut financée par Louis XIV en personne, événements qui méritaient bien la frappe d'un jeton commémoratif. Pour plus de détails mon article à http://jetons-royaux.blog4ever.com/blog/lire-article-593942-9663534-reinterpretation_d_un_jeton_de_louis_xiv_.html .
Very rare bust whose occurrence was unknown, only recorded in the Guéant-Prieur by a copper re-strike. Pascal Van Waeyenbergh tells us: “The bridge represented on this token cannot be the Neuilly bridge as Feuardent indicates since it was not rebuilt in stone until 1772 and moreover, its environment at the time bears no resemblance to the scene depicted on the reverse. According to my research, this token was struck on the occasion of the reconstruction in stone of the Pont Royal. The architecture of the latter as well as its environment at the end of the 18th century correspond in every way to the representation depicted on the reverse of this token. In addition, the Pont Royal was completed in 1689 (date corresponding to the aged portrait of the king) and the construction was financed by Louis XIV himself, events which well merited the striking of a commemorative token. For more details my article at http://jetons-royaux.blog4ever.com/blog/lire-article-593942-9663534-reinterpretation_d_un_jeton_de_louis_xiv_.html
Historical background
PONTS ET CHAUSSÉES / BRIDGES AND ROADS
The French Monarchy had long cherished the project of ensuring the construction of thoroughfares which usually fell within the competence of local authorities, provinces, lords or communities.. For essentially financial reasons, the project only really came to fruition in 1716 with the creation of a hierarchical corps, on the model of the corps of military engineers, responsible for the fortifications, which had been organized some twenty-five years earlier.. Initially, the corps des Ponts et Chaussées comprised an inspector general, an architect first engineer, three inspectors general and twenty-one engineers, who had to design and build roads and engineering structures with sub-engineers recruited by their care. The task entrusted to them corresponds to a significant shift in the priorities of the State. In 1716, Louis XIV had been dead for almost a year, leaving France exhausted from long years of war. Concerns of military grandeur are almost immediately followed by the pursuit of economic power which must be achieved by facilitating trade through more and safer transportation infrastructure.. Offering more ramified service possibilities than rivers and canals, roads will be the subject of repeated investments by the State, allowing bridge engineers to appear as the privileged servants of its economic plans.. Text taken from the excellent: http://www. enpc. fr/teachings/Picon/CorpsPC. html.
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