v11_0986 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS Jeton AR 25 1610

De Bie décrit ce revers ainsi : “Il représente une main puissante & grande, mouvante d’un ciel, en action d’en apporter l’ampoule saincte remplie de baume, pour le sacre du roy très chrestien humilié aux cérémonies, qui furent faites par le ministère de François Cardinal duc de Joyeuse, au nom de Louys de Lorraine archevesque de Reims titulé (dit depuis cardinal de Guyse) mais non encore promeu aux Ordres requis pour y vaquer par soy-mesme. Sans exergue : d’autant que la devise descendant du doigt entre le grènetis & y remontant, a usurpé son office, & l’a placé à sa suitte”.
De Bie describes this reverse as follows: “It represents a powerful and large hand, moving from the sky, in the act of bringing the holy ampoule filled with balm, for the coronation of the most Christian king humiliated at the ceremonies, which were carried out by the ministry of François Cardinal Duke of Joyeuse, in the name of Louis de Lorraine, titled archbishop of Reims (later called Cardinal de Guyse) but not yet promoted to the Orders required to attend to it by himself. Without exergue: especially since the motto descending from the finger between the beading and rising there, usurped his office, and placed him in his wake.”