Medal - Louis XV Tribute of Paris Merchants
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals |
| Year | 1763 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 187.69 g |
| Diameter | 73 mm |
| Thickness | 6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Number | N# 142932 |
| References | Divo LXV# – Françoise Page-Divo, Jean-Paul Divo; 2009. Médailles de Louis XV: les médailles de la série uniforme émises sous le règne de Louis XV = Medals of Louis XV. Fiorino d'oro, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Corzoneso, Italy. |
Commemorative issue
Tribute of the 6 Paris Merchant houses and to the completion of the rider statue
Obverse
Equestrian statue of Louis XV on a pedestal
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUDIVICUS XV. PATRIÆ PARENS DILECTISSIMUS
VERA LAUS REGIS // AMOR CIVIUM
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Reverse
Sun shining on fortress seaport with vessels setting sail. Bales and
barrels on shore.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SEDAT FLUCTUS, TERRAM ALIT, ARTES FOVET
SEX MERCATORUM PARIS. // ORDINES. MDCCLXIII
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Edge
Plain
Comments
Jacquiot 165
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1763 | MDCCLXIII | ||||||||||||||
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