fjt_240661 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS CHARLES X 1825
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Price : 18.00 €
Type : CHARLES X
Date: 1825
Metal : brass
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS X REX FRANCIAE..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Charles X, signé GAYRARD F.
Obverse translation : Charles X, roi de France.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOLIO SVBLIMIS AVITO ; À L'EXERGUE : REMIS. XXIX. DIE. MAII M.DCCC.XXV.
Reverse description : Charles X en costume de sacre trônant à gauche, couronné, vêtu du manteau de sacre, portant le collier de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit, tenant le sceptre fleurdelisé de la main droite et la main de justice de la gauche.
Commentary
Charles X est le dernier roi de France qui fut sacré, essayant de renouer avec les fastes de l'Ancien Régime. Le sacre eut lieu le 25 mai 1825. Les légendes de droit et de revers sont en latin. Charles X n'est plus roi des Francs, mais deFrance.
Historical background
CONSECRATION IN REIMS
During the coronation of a king of France, from Henri III, tokens and medals were made. In his work on the medals and tokens of the coronation of the kings of France in Reims, Sombart distinguishes three categories whose usefulness is diverse: firstly, in gold, they are used for the ceremony during which the king offers 13 to the archbishop; secondly, tokens and medals were distributed when the king left the cathedral to the crowd massed in the forecourt; thirdly, coronation tokens and medals were made privately and were sold to commemorate the event either at the time of the coronation or afterwards. Concerning the coronations in Reims, 112 types of tokens and medals are known for kings Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X.
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