Live auction - fjt_1016193 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS Sacre de Louis XIV 1654
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Live starting : Type : Sacre de Louis XIV
Date: 1654
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,88 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée. Petite usure sur les hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVD. XIIII. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX. CHRISTIANISSIMVS.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Louis XIV à droite, type Guéant Prieur 222B.
Obverse translation : Louis XIV, par la grâce de Dieu, roi très chrétien des Francs et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRAT. AC. SALVT. REMIS. MAII. XXXI. 1654 ; À L'EXERGUE : .RHEMIS..
Reverse description : La colombe du Saint-Esprit sortant d'un nuage et tenant la Sainte Ampoule au-dessus de la ville de Reims.
Reverse translation : Sacre et salut - Reims, 31 mai 1654.
Commentary
Frappe médaille. Buste rare, sans poiçon sur la tranche.
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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