fjt_196583 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS Médaille BR 50, Sacre de Charles X 1825
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Type : Médaille BR 50, Sacre de Charles X
Date: 1825
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 50,66 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 45,03 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. X. REX. - CHRISTIANISSIMUS.
Obverse description : Tête nue à gauche ; en-dessous GAYRARD F..
Obverse translation : (Charles X roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REX. COELESTI OLEO. VNCTVS.
Reverse description : Scène de l’onction du roi agenouillé en prière à droite par l’archevêque debout ; signature GAYRARD F. à gauche ; en-dessous sur deux lignes REMIS. XXIX. DIE. MAII/ M.DCCC.XXV.
Commentary
Charles X, essayant de renouer avec les fastes de l'Ancien Régime, est le dernier roi de France qui est sacré le 29 mai 1825. Les légendes de droit et de revers sont en latin.
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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