E-auction 109-58301 - fjt_356200 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS CHARLES X quinaire du sacre 1825

CONSECRATION IN REIMS CHARLES X quinaire du sacre AU

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Estimate :	28 €
Price :	17 €
Maximum bid :	22 €
End of the sale :	18 May 2015 18:44:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : CHARLES X quinaire du sacre

Date: 1825

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 14 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,93 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

Sb.96

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAROLVS X REX FRANCIAE..

Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles X à gauche ; signé GAYRARD.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CORONAM FAVENTE DEO SVSCIPIT // À L'EXERGUE : REMIS. DIE. XXIX. MAII / M. VCCC. XXV..

Reverse description : L'archevêque de Reims à gauche couronnant à droite le roi agenouillé en prière à gauche, avec les rayons célestes.

Commentary

Charles X, essayant de renouer avec les fastes de l'Ancien Régime, est le dernier roi de France qui a été sacré le 29 mai 1825. Les légendes de droit et de revers sont en latin. Charles X n'est plus roi des Francs, ni des français, mais roi de France. On notera que par passéisme le U est inscrit V, ce qui est un respect du latin passé de mode depuis un siècle.
Ces petits jetons, qui furent probablement jetés à la foule lors du couronnement, reprennent la tradition des romains.
Les empereurs romains frappaient des monnaies spécifiques, les quinaires, du diamètre et de l'aspect de notre jeton, qui servaient lors des largesses impériales, jetées au peuple.
Charles X, trying to reconnect with the splendors of the Ancien Régime, is the last king of France who was crowned on May 29, 1825. The obverse and reverse legends are in Latin. Charles X is no longer king of the Franks, nor of the French, but king of France. It should be noted that by way of the past, the U is inscribed V, which is a respect for the Latin that had been out of fashion for a century. These small tokens, which were probably thrown to the crowd during the coronation, follow the tradition of the Romans. The Roman emperors minted specific coins, the quinaries, of the diameter and appearance of our token, which were used during the imperial largesse, thrown to the people