fjt_809500 - BÂTIMENTS DU ROI BATIMENTS DU ROI 1663
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Type : BATIMENTS DU ROI
Date: 1663
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,29 g.
Edge : Lisse
Coments on the condition:
Un coup est visible à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Jeton provenant de la Collection MARINECHE
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XIIII. D. G. - FR. ET. NAV. REX.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV [n° 161].
Obverse translation : Louis XIV, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SILEANT. MIRACVLA. ; À L’EXERGUE : 1663.
Reverse description : Construction de la colonnade du Louvre.
Reverse translation : Les merveilles restent silencieuses.
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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