Jeton - Rex Coelesti Oleo Unctus ND

Reverse

The king, kneeling right, receiving the anointing on the forehead, the hands of the Archbishop Jules Armand de Rohan; in the middle, ten figures of the great personages of the court. Lettering and date in exergue. Lettering around, beaded border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REX COELESTI OLEO UNCTUS
REMIS · 25 OCT 1722

Translation: The Heavenly King was anointed with oil

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Comment

Note: Lettering on any jeton is usually LVDOVICVS or LUDOVICUS but this is LUDOVICVS for some reason.
SACRED TO REIMS: At the coronation of a king of France, from Henry III, tokens and medals were made. In his work on the medals and tokens of the coronation of the kings of France in Reims, Sombart three categories whose usefulness is diverse: first, gold, they serve for the ceremony in which the king offers 13 to Archbishop; secondly, tokens and medals were distributed at the exit of the king of the cathedral to the crowd gathered on the square; thirdly, coronation medals and tokens were made privately and were sold to commemorate the event or during the coronation, or subsequently. Concerning sacred in Reims, 112 types of tokens and medals are known for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, Henry III, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X.
 Catalogues: F.7899 var - Sb.61 b