Token - Louis XIV - Bâtiments du Roi - Decus Adiicit Hospes

Token - Louis XIV - Bâtiments du Roi - Decus Adiicit Hospes - obverseToken - Louis XIV - Bâtiments du Roi - Decus Adiicit Hospes - reverse

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Features

Location France
King Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Type Commemorative medals › Institution medal
Year 1682
Composition Copper
Weight 7.65 g
Diameter 28.5 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
299525
References Feu# 3017,
Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent; 1904. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte / Tome 1. Grandes administrations de l'état de la ville de Paris; corporations, etc.; noblesse et villes de l'Ile-de-France. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, France.
And 3 more volumes.
Gueant# 350 A
Olivier Guéant, Michel Prieur; 2008. Bustes des rois et reines de France sur les jetons de l'Ancien Régime. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.

Obverse

Bust to the right of Louis XIV, unsigned below portrait

Script: Latin

Lettering: LOVIS . LE . GRAND . ROY. DE. FRANCE

Translation: LOUIS THE GRAND KING OF FRANCE

Reverse

The sun in the middle of the signs of the zodiac.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
. DECVS . ADIICIT . HOSPES .
AEDIF. REGIA .
1682

Translation:
Its host adds this adornment
Buildings of the King 1682

Edge

Plain

Comments

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / BUILDING THE KING
 Under the 'Ancien Régime', the administration of the King's Buildings (depending on the state of the King's House) is primarily responsible for work ordered by the King, in his residences in Paris or nearby.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1682 

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