E-auction 621-608858 - CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS LOUIS XIV 1679
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Type : LOUIS XIV
Date: 1679
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,03 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de Louis XIV sans signature.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HAEC META. LABORUM ; À L'EXERGUE : CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS 1679.
Reverse description : La Fortune debout à gauche, tenant une corne d'abondance et des rameaux qu'elle présente à un visage rayonnant. Devant elle un autel portant trois couronnes de laurier.
Reverse translation : Voici le terme des travaux.
Commentary
L'intéressante représentation du revers reste malheureusement énigmatique. Ce jeton n’est pas répertorié par Feuardent en argent.
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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