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Lot 100. Philippe II d'Orléans AE Medal 1715

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Philippe II d'Orléans AE Medal 1715

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eAuction #43, Lot 100. Estimate: CHF 400.00

France, Royaume. Philippe II d'Orléans, Regent (1715-1723). AE Medal 1715 (43 mm, 38.28 g). By Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain.
Obv. + PHILIPPVS · DVX · AVRELIANENSIS, draped and armored bust right.
Rev. DEVOTUM · ET · FELIX · GALLIÆ · OBSEQVIUVM, Philipe standing right, greeting bowing France; M · DCC · XV ·.

Rare. FDC.

This beautiful medal was struck to commemorate the accession to the throne of Louis XV (1715-1774). Philippe II d'Orléans was appointed as regent of the 5-year-old prince and led state business until his death in 1723. He was a well-educated friend of the arts, but also quite lavish and extravagant, and as a declared atheist, he is said to frequently have read François Rabelais' satires during mass.



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