Louis XV - NUN QUAM POLLU TA
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Chambre de commerce de Bayonne |
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Attendance tokens › Chamber of commerce tokens |
| Year | 1738 (1738-1758) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 7.14 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 554838 |
| References | Feu# 9260 Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). Olivier Guéant, Michel Prieur; 2008. Bustes des rois et reines de France sur les jetons de l'Ancien Régime: Busts of the kings and queens of France on the tokens of the Ancien Régime. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Bust of Louis XV, Crowned with a Laurel Wreath, Facing Right
Engraver’s Signature Below
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUD • XV • REX
CHRISTIANISS
Unabridged legend: “Ludovicus XV Rex Christianissimus”
Translation: Louis The Fifteenth, Most Christian King
Engraver: Charles Norbert Roettiers
Reverse
Under a banner bearing Latin Script:
A Fleur-de-Lyse and Tower, flanked by Lions (Town-Arms of Bayonne)
Beneath: ‘1738’
Script: Latin
Lettering:
NUN QUAM POLLU TA⠠
1738
Unabridged legend: Nunquam Polluta
Translation:
Latin:
“Never Polluted”, or “Never Soiled”
However, a more nuanced translation is offered by ‘CGB Numismatics Paris’ on their archive page for this Jeton:
“The city's motto can be explained in two ways. First, Bayonne had never been captured, and therefore had never been defiled. Second, its unwavering support for France was spotless”
Edge
Milled.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1738 | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1756-1758) | |||||||||||||||
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