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E-auction 268-190685 - fjt_481328 - TRÉSOR ROYAL TRESOR ROYAL 1684

TRÉSOR ROYAL  TRESOR ROYAL VF
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Estimate : 40 €
Price : 23 €
Maximum bid : 30 €
End of the sale : 04 June 2018 18:22:30
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : TRESOR ROYAL
Date: 1684
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS MAGNVS REX.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV signé R proche du n°194.
Obverse translation : Louis le grand, Roi.

Reverse


Reverse legend : INTACTAS. REDDIT.À L'EXERGUE : TRESOR ROYAL.
Reverse description : La pluie tombant à torrents, le soleil brillant au dessus des nuages.
Reverse translation : Il les restitue intacts.

Commentary


Manque comme type à Feuardent. "Les nuées sont la matiere des pluyes, et les pluyes qui rendent la terre féconde, en peuvent estre nommées les richesses. Ainsi, comme le soleil amasse les nuées et les rend à la terre sans en rien retenir, et sans y toucher, pour ainsi dire, ces mesmes paroles peuvent s'appliquer à l'illustre magistrat, à qui le Roy a confié le soin de ses finances, et qui les administre avec une intégrité et un desinteressement qui ont peu d'exemples" (Mercure Galant, février 1684). .

Historical background


TRÉSOR ROYAL

The first Capetian kings settled their personal affairs themselves by calling on a Chancellor and four Ministers of the King's Household: the Seneschal, the Constable, the Grand Bouteiller and the Grand Chamberlain. The Grand Bouteiller managed the Royal Treasury with the Grand Chambrier. Under Philip IV, the Chamber of Accounts appears and in 1311, the Superintendent of Finance is assisted by a Treasurer. Royal Treasury and Public Treasury are nevertheless confused until Charles V. Under Charles VII, the Treasurers are increased to four and are responsible for establishing the revenue budget. Under François I, the kingdom was divided into sixteen jurisdictions with a Receiver General at their heads and a Treasurer of Savings who centralized everything..

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