Jeton - Louis XV - Bâtiments du Roi

Reverse

Apollo seated right, holding a lyre and a square on a base signed D.V. (Du Vivier). Musical instruments on the ground. Legend around and in exergue with date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IDEM RERUM MODERATUR HABENAS
DV
BATIMENS DU ROY
1738•

Edge

Full

Comment

Under the Ancien Régime, the Administration des Bâtiments du Roi, part of the Département de la Maison du Roi (King's Household Department), was primarily responsible for work commissioned by the sovereign in his residences in and around Paris. There is an excellent article on wikipedia at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2timents_du_Roi.(CGB)