Jeton - Louis XV - Bâtiments du Roi

Obverse

Dressed bust of King Louis XV on the right. Titling around and below the truncation, the engraver's signature.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LUD• XV• REX – CHRISTIANISS• 
JCR

Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV Rex Christianissimus

Engraver: Joseph-Charles Röettiers

Reverse

Apollo seated right, holding a lyre and a square on a base signed D.V. (Du Vivier). Musical instruments on the ground. Legend around and in exergue with date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IDEM RERUM MODERATUR HABENAS
DV
BATIMENS DU ROY
1738•

Edge

Full

Comments

Under the Ancien Régime, the Administration des Bâtiments du Roi, part of the Département de la Maison du Roi (King's Household Department), was primarily responsible for work commissioned by the sovereign in his residences in and around Paris. There is an excellent article on wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi.(CGB)

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Sous l'Ancien Régime, l'administration des Bâtiments du Roi, dépendant du département de la Maison du Roi, est principalement responsable des travaux commandés par le souverain, dans ses résidences de Paris ou des environs. Il existe un excellent article sur wikipedia à http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi. (CGB)

See also

• Music
• Mythology
• Monarch
• Allegory

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