E-auction 19-5373 - fjt_0604 - KING'S SECRETARIES Émission de 1719 1715

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	42 €
Maximum bid :	44 €
End of the sale :	26 August 2013 17:06:30
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Émission de 1719

Date: 1715

Metal : silver

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

F.325 - 518 F

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV non signé [n°275] , type Guéant Prieur 518F.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DVCEM. REGEM. QVE. SEQVNTVR ; À L'EXERGUE : SECRETAIRE. DV. ROY. 1715.

Reverse description : La reine des abeilles et son essaim s'envolant vers le soleil.

Reverse translation : Elles suivent leur guide et Roi.

Commentary

En 1680, le Mercure Galant donnait l'explication suivante de ce revers: "Cela fait voit que, comme les abeilles s'attachent toujours à suivre leur roy, les secrétaires de Sa Majesté sont prests en tout temps de recevoir les ordres de ce grand prince, qui est, en quelque façon, le chef de leur compagnie" (Mercure Galant, mars 1680).
In 1680, the Mercure Galant gave the following explanation for this setback: \\\"This shows that, just as bees always strive to follow their king, His Majesty's secretaries are ready at all times to receive orders from this great prince, who is, in a way, the head of their company\\\" (Mercure Galant, March 1680)