Token - Louis XV (Académie royale des sciences) ND front Token - Louis XV (Académie royale des sciences) ND back
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Token - Louis XV (Académie royale des sciences) ND

 
Silver 7.26 g 30 mm
Description
Location
France
King
Louis XV (1715-1774)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Composition
Silver
Weight
7.26 g
Diameter
30 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#175763
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Pallas is seated on the right, surrounded by scientific instruments symbolic of the different kingdoms of nature: a terrestrial globe, plans, a saurian, a skeleton, a retort and a furnace, the owl of the goddess, a plant in a pot and a telescope of astronomy.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INVENIT ET PERFICIT ;
À L'EXERGUE : REGIA SCIENTIARUM ACADEMIA.

Engraver: Joseph-Charles Röettiers

Edge

Milled