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fjt_223678 - TRÉSOR ROYAL Trésoriers de France à Paris 1598

TRÉSOR ROYAL Trésoriers de France à Paris XF
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : Trésoriers de France à Paris
Date: 1598
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Point de corrosion sur le listel
Catalogue references :
F.2105 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : LES. TRESORIERS. DE. FRANCE. A. PARIS.
Obverse description : Écu de France et de Navarre entourés des deux colliers des Ordres du Roi.

Reverse

Reverse legend : FRAVS. VIRTVTE. PERIT ; À L'EXERGUE : 1598.
Reverse description : Lion égorgeant un renard.
Reverse translation : La ruse est anéantie par la vaillance.

Commentary

Ce jeton a un revers que l’on retrouve pour les Corre 2809 (N. Le Camus, officier à la Cour des Monnaies) 2237 (Guinot) et 2314 (Monogramme non identifié). Il semble donc que ce type de revers est général pour les trésoriers ou controleurs des monnaies mais l’explication de Feuardent est plus intriguante. Le renard serait pour Robert Dudley, duc de Leicester, qui conseilla à Elisabeth Ier d’empoisonner Marie Stuart, voir http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dudley .

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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