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| Estimate : | 24 € |
| Price : | 14 € |
| Maximum bid : | 14 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 May 2017 17:40:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Émission vers 1726
Date: 1724
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
F.331 - 540 G
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé DU VIVIER.F. type Guéant Prieur 540G.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DUCEM. REGEMQUE. SEQUNTUR ; À L'EXERGUE : SECRETAIRES. DU. ROY. 1724.
Reverse description : La Reine des abeilles et son essaim s'envolant vers le soleil.
Reverse translation : Elles suivent leur guide et Roi.
Commentary
Buste 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).
Rare bust. In 1680, the Mercure Galant gave the following explanation for this reverse: \\\"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)
Rare bust. In 1680, the Mercure Galant gave the following explanation for this reverse: \\\"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)
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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