Live auction - bry_728935 - LOUIS XVI 2 sols dit "au faisceau", type FRANÇOIS 1791 Pau
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 571 € |
| Maximum bid : | 790 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 June 2022 18:23:03 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 2 sols dit "au faisceau", type FRANÇOIS
Date: 1791
Mint name / Town : Pau
Metal : bell metal
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 23,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de deux sols est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Défaut de flan et traces de laminage au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : LOUIS XVI ROI - DES FRANÇOIS / (MM). 1791. (VACHE SOUS UN POINT)..
Obverse description : Grand buste de Louis XVI drapé à gauche, tête nue, les cheveux noués dans le cou par un ruban.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .LA NATION LA - LOI LE ROI. (MG) / L'AN 4 DE LA LIBERTÉ..
Reverse description : Faisceau sommé d'un bonnet phrygien entre deux branches de chêne, accosté de 2 / S..
Commentary
Ce double sol, au millésime 1791, a été frappé en 1792. Il présente en effet au revers AN 4 et non pas AN 3. Les carrés devaient être détruits chaque trimestre et ceux de Pau de 1791 l'avaient été le 17 février 1792, toutefois le 8 mai 1792, la Commission des monnaies demanda à la Monnaie de Pau "pourquoi s’il y a satisfait au mois de février dernier, il a été frappé des pièces de deux sols avec un coin de mil sept cent quatre vingt onze pour la tête et un de 1792 pour le revers, ainsi qu’il semble résulter d’une pièce envoyée à la commission" (CAÉF, MP Ms Fol. 161, f° 50 v°). Monnaie publiée dans le Bulletin Numismatique n° 216.
Historical background
LOUIS XVI
(05/10/1774-01/21/1793)
The Girondin ministry, formed on March 23, 1792, declared war on April 20 on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, Leopold II. Rouget de Lisle composes the Marseillaise on April 25th. The Fatherland is declared "in danger" on July 11. The Parisians and the Marseillais take the Tuileries and massacre the defenders of the castle, Swiss and noble, the king and his family take refuge near the Assembly. Louis XVI was stripped of his functions and interned in the Temple on August 12. In early September, massacres took place in Parisian prisons, including the Carmelites, and claimed thousands of victims, including the Princess of Lamballe, Marie-Antoinette's friend. Dumouriez and Kellermann won the victory of Valmy over the Prussians on September 20, 1792. The news was quickly known thanks to Chappe's telegraph. The following day, the republic was proclaimed and royalty abolished at the first meeting of the Convention. Dumouriez defeated the Austrians at Jemmapes on November 6 and occupied Brussels. The King's trial begins on December 10. On January 17, he was sentenced to death by a majority vote and was guillotined on January 21, 1793..
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