fjt_993618 - CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS Louis XV 1746
180.00 €(Approx. 187.20$ | 151.20£)
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Type : Louis XV
Date: 1746
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 28,68 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,99 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX. CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV .
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES ASSEQUA JOVIS ; À L'EXERGUE : CHAMBRE AUX DEN. 1746.
Reverse description : Hébé, debout sur un nuage, verse à boire à Jupiter assis à droite sur un rocher. Au bas, à terre, des Titans vaincus.
Reverse translation : La Fidélité suit toujours Jupiter.
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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