E-auction 134-74955 - fjt_058075 - LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...) Jeton AR 30, érection de la statue équestre de Louis XIV à Montpellier 1733
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| Estimate : | 130 € |
| Price : | 44 € |
| Maximum bid : | 63 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 November 2015 18:35:00 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Jeton AR 30, érection de la statue équestre de Louis XIV à Montpellier
Date: 1733
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,97 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX. LUD. - MAGNI. PRO-NEPOS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV, au-dessous signature JCR en monogramme.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CRESCIT FAMA CRESCIT HONOS ; À L’EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES AUTOUR DES ARMES DE LA PROVINCE : COM. - OCCIT./ 17 - 33.
Reverse description : Statue équestre de Louis XIV sur son socle et dominant un horizon lointain qui s’étend jusqu’aux premiers contreforts des Cévennes.
Reverse translation : (Les honneurs qu’on lui rend croissent avec sa gloire/États de Languedoc).
Commentary
La statue équestre de Louis XIV, érigée en 1718 à Montpellier sur la place du Peyrou, fut longtemps l'objet de la sollicitude des États. Après avoir fait décorer magnifiquement le piédestal en marbre de Carrare, l'avoir entouré d'une belle grille en fer forgé, avoir fait graver, sur le socle, la fameuse inscription de M. des Hours de Mandajors, les États s'avisèrent que la place du Peyrou était "peu digne d'un si auguste monument”. Ils résolurent de l'agrandir et de l'embellir. Le sieur de Lablottière, directeur des fortifications du Languedoc, fut chargé de rédiger un plan des travaux, qui fut remis aux États le 24 janvier 1731, approuvé par eux et par le Roi. Conformément au projet, on acheta les terrains du couvent des Frères de la Merci, qui étaient situés au sud de la promenade et qui devaient en augmenter considérablement l'étendue. Ce jeton de 1733 rappelle ce projet de l'assemblée provinciale, projet qui ne devait être entièrement réalisé que 40 ans plus tard.
Historical background
LANGUEDOC (STATES OF ...)
The Estates of Languedoc were made up of the archbishops and bishops of the province, nobles and delegates from the Third Estate appointed by the municipal bodies. Made up of working commissions, the States had the particular role of managing the accounts and distributing the direct royal taxes advanced in the form of a subscription by this country of states.. They also organized the means of communication through public works contracts. The tokens of the States were originally intended to be distributed to the members of the office of the account then, this distribution was extended to the members of the office of the recruits, to the president of the States, to the syndics general of the seneschalses, to the clerk for the king, to the stock exchange treasurer, etc.. They could also be given as a gratuity or as a tribute to external personalities.. Made in Paris with vintages between 1634 and 1790, these tokens were distributed in the form of purses of around one hundred tokens. The most recent "Directory of tokens and medals of the Estates General of Languedoc" was written by M. Gérard Pinto, Notebooks of the bibliophile agreement of Montpellier, 1993.
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