fjt_509150 - ROUEN - CLERGY AND CHURCHES Normandie - LOUIS XV n.d.
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Type : Normandie - LOUIS XV
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,78 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Louis XV ; au-dessous signature fm.
Obverse translation : (Louis XV roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXCUBAT ANTE ARAS. ; À L'EXERGUE : CLERGÉ DE ROUEN.
Reverse description : Brûle-encens fumant sur un autel.
Reverse translation : (Il veille devant les autels).
Historical background
ROUEN - CLERGY AND CHURCHES
Under the Ancien Régime, Rouen was one of the great cities of the kingdom, considered, in the 16th century, as the second city in France after Paris, before gradually declining until the beginning of the 19th century, when it had the reputation of to be dirty, and poorly constructed. The administrative and religious functions of the city are at the origin of the stable base of its population and its influence. The Catholic reform of the 17th century encouraged the multiplication of convents. It is estimated that nearly two thousand monks supported Rouen households until the Revolution. Biblio.: MOLLAT M. (dir.), "History of Rouen", Toulouse, 1979.
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