E-auction 625-616729 - BÂTIMENTS DU ROI BATIMENTS DU ROI 1668
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Type : BATIMENTS DU ROI
Date: 1668
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,70 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure (notamment au revers). Présence de traces de rayures et quelques points d’oxydation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .LVD. XIIII. D. G. - .FR. ET. NAV. REX..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV, type Guéant Prieur 266E.
Obverse translation : Louis XIV, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .PVGNAT. ET. - EXCITAT. ARTES ; À L'EXERGUE : ÆDIF. REG. .1668..
Reverse description : Minerve debout, tenant de la main gauche plusieurs instruments d'architecture, et de la droite une lance.
Reverse translation : Elle défend et encourage les arts ; à l'exergue : bâtiments du roi 1667.
Historical background
BÂTIMENTS DU ROI
Under the Ancien Régime, the administration of the King's Buildings, dependent on the department of the House of the King, was mainly responsible for works ordered by the sovereign, in his residences in Paris or the surrounding area. There is an excellent article on wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi.
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