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fme_923843 - LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Stanislas Leszczynski, Inauguration de sa statue

LOUIS XV THE BELOVED Médaille, Stanislas Leszczynski, Inauguration de sa statue XF
120.00 €(Approx. 127.20$ | 100.80£)
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Type : Médaille, Stanislas Leszczynski, Inauguration de sa statue
Date: 1755
Mint name / Town : 54 - Nancy
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DE SAINT-URBAIN Marie-Anne (1711-1789)
Weight : 58,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille percée à 12 heures. Présence de quelques coups et rayures, notamment à l’avers et sur la tranche

Obverse


Obverse legend : STANISLAUS I. D. G. REX POL. MAG. DUX. LIT. LOTH. ET BAR..
Obverse description : Tête de Stanislas Leszczynski, duc de Lorraine, à gauche. Signé : A. M. S. V..

Reverse


Reverse legend : UTRIUSQUE - IMMORTALITATI // À L’EXERGUE : CIVITAS NANCLIANA / MDCCLV.
Reverse description : Statue de Louis XV sur la place Royale de Nancy. Signé sous la plinthe : A. M. S. V..

Commentary


Cette médaille a été frappée en or, en argent et en bronze, sous la direction de Marie-Anne de Saint Urbain (1711-1789), à l'hôtel royal des Monnaies de Nancy, pour l'inauguration de la statue élevée en l'honneur de Louis XV sur la place Royale de Nancy, en 1755.

Stanislas Leszczynski ou Leczinski, dit « Stanislas le Bienfaisant » (1677-1766), est un aristocrate polonais, roi de Pologne de 1704 à 1709 sous le nom de Stanislas Ier (Stanisław I) et grand-duc de Lituanie dans le cadre de la république des Deux Nations, beau-père de Louis XV (1725), duc de Lorraine et de Bar de 1737 à sa mort..

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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