fjt_240377 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS Louis XVI - sacre le 11 juin 1775 1775
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Price : 240.00 €
Type : Louis XVI - sacre le 11 juin 1775
Date: 1775
Mint name / Town : Paris, Monnaie du Louvre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS XVI. - REX CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Grand buste couronné en habit de sacre ; au-dessous signature B. DU VIVIER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEO CONSECRATORI ; À L'EXERGUE UNCTIO REGIA.REMIS.//XI. JUN. MDCCLXXV.
Reverse description : Le roi agenouillé à gauche devant un autel consacré par l'Église ; sur une nuée, un calice ; aux pieds du roi les insignes de la royauté.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, la signature semble ne pas comporter l’F. finale (pour fecit) ce qui constituerait une variante du Sombart 73 b) mais il est possible que ce F soit une faute de frappe de l’ouvrage de référence.
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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