Jeton - Hinc Alitur Cum Rege Domus 1671 front Jeton - Hinc Alitur Cum Rege Domus 1671 back
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Jeton - Hinc Alitur Cum Rege Domus

1671 year
Brass - 26 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Year
1671
Composition
Brass
Diameter
26 mm
Shape
Round
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#79561
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Bees swarming around their beehive, in centre circle. Lettering around, lettering and date in exergue, toothed border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HINC · ALITVR · CVM · REGE · DOMVS
CHAMBRE · AVX · DENIERES
1671

Translation:
All are fed while the King is at home
Chamber of denarii (or pennies)

Comment

Louis XIV jeton struck in 1671 for the 'chamber of denarii (or pennies)', an administration depending on the Royal Treasury. France - 1671 Louis XIV Apiculture bee hive jeton.
 The Chamber funds is to "a species of Accounting Chamber constituted for personal expenses or rather the king of the king's Hotel" (Charles Preau, Study Room funds to the king of the twelfth to the sixteenth century). It is also called "room for hotel deniers" and is regularly established in the reign of Saint Louis. The expenses of offices, Paneterie, Échansonnerie, Kitchen, Greengrocer, Stable and Pound, are set by the House that the funds of funds was issued by the Treasury House.