E-auction 602-572362 - fjt_791050 - COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS HENRI III 1580
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 18 € |
| Maximum bid : | 24 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 October 2024 20:25:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : HENRI III
Date: 1580
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,78 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : CURIA. MONETAR. FRANCIAE.
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné et entouré du collier de l'ordre de St Michel.
Obverse translation : (Cour des monnaies de France).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PATET. FALLACIA. TANDEM ; À L'EXERGUE : 1580.
Reverse description : Archimède debout à gauche, fait l'expérience de la couronne du roi Hiéron dans l'eau.
Reverse translation : Il découvre cependant le principe du phénomène.
Commentary
Au XVIe siècle, la Cour des monnaies de Paris fit frapper une grande diversité de jetons dont les motifs changeaient presque chaque année. L'iconographie du revers fait allusion à la découverte de l'hydrostatique par Archimède et à son fameux théorème : le roi de Syracuse, Hiéron, soupçonnant un orfèvre de lui avoir fabriqué une couronne d'or, frauduleusement alliée d'argent, demanda à Archimède de déterminer s'il y avait eu fraude sans détruire la couronne. Après maintes réflexions il trouva la solution dans sa baignoire. Le revers représente Archimède trempant la couronne de Hiéron dans une bassine afin d'en déterminer la densité.
Historical background
COUR DES MONNAIES DE PARIS
(1552-1791)
In the Middle Ages, the Chamber of coins, located in the Palace, in the same premises as the Chamber of Accounts, was responsible for monitoring mints.. In 1522, Francis I gave it the powers of a real court to judge cases relating to counterfeit coin.. In 1552, Henry II erected this Chamber into a sovereign court, better known as the Cour des coins de Paris. The Court of coins of Paris had, in addition to its judicial powers, a political function (remonstrances, drafting of certain edicts. . . ) and control over weights and measures (it kept in particular the so-called "Charlemagne" pile). From 1704 to 1771 it gave up part of its jurisdiction in favor of the Cour des coins de Lyon. The Paris coin Court was abolished in 1791, during the Revolution. The Provost General of coins was a company responsible for policing coins and enforcing the judgments of the Cour des coins in the 17th and 18th centuries.. At its head, the provost general of the coins was an officer established to know the crimes of counterfeit coin and to instruct summarily the trials of counterfeit coin, the proceedings of which were then presented to the Court of the coins.
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