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E-auction 155-93660 - fjt_389683 - KING'S SECRETARIES Émission de 1750 1731

KING S SECRETARIES Émission de 1750 AU
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Estimate : 32 €
Price : 27 €
Maximum bid : 27 €
End of the sale : 04 April 2016 19:17:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Émission de 1750
Date: 1731
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV, signé D.V., type Guéant Prieur 616C.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, roi très chrétien.

Reverse


Reverse legend : DUCEM. REGEM. QUE. SEQUUNTUR ; À L'EXERGUE : SECRETAIRES DU ROY. 1731.
Reverse description : La reine des abeilles et son essaim s'envolant vers le soleil.
Reverse translation : Elles suivent leur guide et roi.

Commentary


Buste très rare.
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).

Historical background


KING'S SECRETARIES

Their function was quite similar to that of our current Secretaries of State. There is an excellent article on the subject online, taken from the Dictionnaire encyclopédique de la noblesse de France by Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773-1842) — Paris, 1816 at http://www.blason-armoiries.org/feodalite -nobility/s/secretaries-of-the-king.htm.

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