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DUPONT & Associés

392 - COINS OF SAINT BRIEUC LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS. Bust of the…
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Estimate €20 - €30
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COINS OF SAINT BRIEUC LUD. XV. REX CHRISTIANISS. Bust of the king facing right in coronation robes with a cravat and grand cordon. Below, DU VIVIER. F. R/. NEC ISTO VELLERE DIGNIOR ALTER. ‘There is no other more worthy of this desire’. The Dauphin Louis, dressed and lying in his cradle beneath an ermine-trimmed canopy surmounted by the crowned arms of France-Dauphiné. In the exergue, COMIT. ARMOR. 1730. ♦ Feuardent 8748 Silver token of the ESTATES OF BRITTANY, 1730. (6.79 g) Traces of cleaning. Medal strike. Fine. The Duke of Bourbon, anxious to see an heir to the throne born so that the crown would not pass to the Duke of Orléans, his personal enemy, brusquely dismissed the young daughter of Philip V of Spain, who had been betrothed to the king in 1721. He then married Louis XV to Marie Leszczynska, seven years his senior and daughter of Stanislas I Leszczynski, the deposed King of Poland in September 1725. Their son, the Dauphin Louis, was born in 1729 following the birth of three daughters. He died in 1765, having fathered five sons, the last three of whom would reign: Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. These examples are struck in the medal style (with the axis at 12 o’clock), whereas previously the strikes had the axis at 6 o’clock. Expert: Françoise BERTHELOT-VINCHON
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About the sale Prestige, Day Two. Silverware, furniture and works of art.
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Auction time 08/04/2026 at 2:15 PM
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