Live auction - fjt_988344 - NAVY - ROYAL GALLEYS Invalides de la Marine 1773
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Type : Invalides de la Marine
Date: 1773
Mint name / Town : s.l.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Plusieurs coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XV signé B.DUVIVIER [n°357], type Guéant Prieur 672A.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, Roi très chrétien.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LUD. XV. MAJORUM. EXEMPLIS. AD. MAJORA. INVITANTI ; À L'EXERGUE : INVALIDES DE LA MARINE. 1773.
Reverse description : La statue du Roi, debout, de face, sur une base de colonne rostrale entre deux bustes posés chacun sur un fût de colonne avec inscription illisible.
Reverse translation : Louis XV, à l'exemple de ses ancêtres, invitant aux plus grandes actions.