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WEDDING Silver case engraved on the lid with ILS SONT VNIS u…
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501
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WEDDING Silver case engraved on the lid with ILS SONT VNIS u…
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
WEDDING
Silver case engraved on the lid with ILS SONT VNIS under two flaming hearts and a rose on the bottom. It is composed of thirteen silver coins with traces of gilding: worn 1/20th ecu of Louis XV (types with laurels and headband).
Silver treizain containing 13 gilt coins (25,38 g)
T.B.
Since the Middle Ages, the wedding ceremony was accompanied by the presentation of a small case containing thirteen coins (deniers or bracteates) which made up the "treizain". This is a set of thirteen denarii, the religious symbol of the Last Supper: Jesus Christ and the 12 apostles. The thirteen denarii blessed by the priest symbolised the entry of the bride and groom into a community of goods. The priest deducted one denarius for the church, and gave the remaining twelve denarii to the bride... The thirteen pence became a dozen! From the 16th century onwards, spouses used two types of monetary object for the treizain. The common practice was to re-use existing coins, sometimes gilded or silvered.
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