fjt_915701 - CHAMBRE AUX DENIERS Louis XV 1744
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Type : Louis XV
Date: 1744
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,77 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD . XV . REX CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Louis XIV signée FM [n°322var].
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIVITIIS ET SAPIENTIA ; À L'EXERGUE : CH. AUX. DENIERS. 1744.
Reverse description : Pallas et l'Abondance debout, tenant en l'air une couronne de laurier; derrière Pallas, une chouette éployée relève un pan du vêtement de la déesse.
Reverse translation : Richesses et sagesse.
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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