fjt_691795 - CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS Chambre aux deniers 1737
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Type : Chambre aux deniers
Date: 1737
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,50 g.
Edge : lisse
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Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV, buste 311.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIVIS MINISTRAT MUNERA DIVUM ; À L'EXERGUE : CHAMB. AUX DEN. 1737.
Reverse description : Grand prêtre juif à genoux, sacrifiant devant un autel flammé.
Reverse translation : Il sert aux dieux les présents des dieux.
Historical background
CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS
The Chambre aux deniers is "a kind of Accounting Chamber established for the personal expenses of the king or rather of the Hôtel du roi" (Charles Préau, Study on the Chambre aux deniers du roi du XIIe au XVIe siècle). It is also called "chambre aux deniers de l'hôtel" and has been established regularly since the reign of Saint Louis. The expenses of the offices, Bakery, Échansonnerie, Kitchen, Fruiterie, Stable and Pound, are regulated by the Chamber of the deniers which was made deliver funds by the Chamber of the Treasury.
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