bry_766174 - LOUIS XVI Sol dit "à l'écu" 1791 Limoges
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Sol dit "à l'écu"
Date: 1791 2e
Mint name / Town : Limoges
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,94 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce sol est légèrement décentré au droit comme au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine marron et présentant une usure régulière
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOV. XVI. - D. GRATIA.
Obverse description : Tête de Louis XVI à gauche, les cheveux noués par un ruban ; au-dessous (Mm).
Obverse translation : (Louis XVI, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (MG) FRANCIÆ ET - I - NAVARRÆ. REX. 17-91.
Reverse description : Écu de France couronné.
Reverse translation : (roi de France et de Navarre).
Commentary
Rare variété avec deux points sous le D de LUD. Les chiffres de frappe du cuivre de l’atelier de Limoges en 1791 ne sont pas connus (“très peu” d’après Frédéric Droulers). Le deuxième point placé sous le D résulte de la circulaire de Tarbé du 12 septembre 1791 prescrivant de placer une marque distinctive dès la nomination de commissaires nouvellement nommés dans les ateliers pour contrôler les productions.
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..
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
