E-auction 148-87772 - fjt_234193 - KING'S SECRETARIES CHARLES IX- CONSEIL DU ROI 1569

KING S SECRETARIES CHARLES IX- CONSEIL DU ROI VF

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Estimate :	45 €
Price :	10 €
Maximum bid :	15 €
End of the sale :	15 February 2016 18:50:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : CHARLES IX- CONSEIL DU ROI

Date: 1569

Metal : brass

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

F.292

Obverse

Obverse legend : REGIS. DOMUSQ. FRANCIAE. SECRETARII. 1569.

Obverse description : Écu de France couronné et entouré des deux colliers des ordres du Roi.

Obverse translation : Secrétaires du Roi et de la Maison de France.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CARS. NONS. FIDELI. TVTA. SILENTIO. LILIA.

Reverse description : Dix lis entre deux colonnes entourées de banderoles avec légende illisible.

Commentary

Feuardent suggère comme texte des banderoles PIETATE ET IVSTITIA, devise de Charles IX.
Au XVIe siècle, deux sortes de secrétaires du roi sont à distinguer : ceux du grand collège, servant à la chancellerie de France, dont le titre officiel est "secrétaires du Roi, maison, couronne de France et des finances", et ceux du petit collège en fonction dans les chancelleries secondaires nées du démembrement de la grande chancellerie. C'est au premier corps qu'appartient ce jeton frappé sous Henri III.
Feuardent suggests as the text of the banners PIETATE ET IVSTITIA, motto of Charles IX. In the 16th century, two kinds of secretaries of the king are to be distinguished: those of the grand college, serving in the chancellery of France, whose official title is \\\"secretaries of the King, household, crown of France and finances\\\", and those of the small college serving in the secondary chancelleries born from the dismemberment of the grand chancellery. It is to the first body that this token, struck under Henry III, belongs