fjt_747236 - LOUIS XV THE BELOVED La prise de Fontarabie (Pays Basque) n.d.
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Type : La prise de Fontarabie (Pays Basque)
Date: n.d.
Metal : brass
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,06 g.
Edge : Lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Jeton provenant de la Collection MARINECHE
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS. XV. D. G. FR. ET. NAV. REX.
Obverse description : Portrait de Louis XV à gauche, tête couronnée.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIS. ANIMI. CUM. COPORE CRESCIT..
Reverse description : Apollon debout de face, regardant à droite, la main droite sur la hanche et la gauche tenant son arc. A ses pieds se trouve un montre ailé.
Commentary
Jeton commémorant la prise de Fontarabie (pays Basque), le 16 juin 1719 par Jacques Ier Fitz-James, duc de Berwick, né à Moulins, dans le Bourbonnais, le 21 août 1670 et tué le 12 juin 1734 au siège de Philippsburg. Fils naturel du roi Jacques II Stuart, il est fait maréchal de France en 1706.
Historical background
LOUIS XV THE BELOVED
(1/09/1715-10/05/1774)
Louis XV succeeded Louis XIV on September 1, 1715 and Philippe d'Orléans was sole regent. The quadruple alliance in 1717 aims to maintain the European balance with France, Austria, England and the United Provinces. During his visit to France, Tsar Peter I signed a bilateral treaty of understanding. In 1718, Abbé Dubois became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sacred Archbishop of Cambrai in 1720, Prime Minister in 1722, he died on August 10, 1723. France declared war on Spain in 1719 to prevent Philip V from overthrowing the Regent. The capture of San Sebastian and Hondarribia marks the end of hostilities. In 1720, Philippe V joined the Quadruple Alliance and renounced the throne of France by the Treaty of Madrid. The first Masonic lodge was founded in France in 1721. Louis XV was crowned at the age of 12 on October 25, 1722. On February 15, 1723, he was declared of age. The regent is replaced by the Duke of Bourbon who becomes prime minister. Philippe d'Orléans died on December 2.
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