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Token - Louis XV Bicentenaire du Collège "Louis le Grand"
1763 year| Copper | 13.6 g | 33 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Louis XV (1715-1774) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1763 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 13.6 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#275266 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Figure (River God) holding a cornucopia seated amid springs rising from rocks.
Legend around and in exergue with date, in Latin. Engraver's signature under the figure's legs.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
MAIOR. E. CONFLUVIO UBERTA
R.FIL.F.
COLL. LUD. MAG. ACAD.
EX. MUNIFICENTIA.
LUDOVICI. DILECTISSIMI.
M.D.CC.LXIII.
Engraver: Charles Norbert Roettiers
Edge
Plain.
Comment
The Lycée louis-le-Grand is one of Paris' most renowned lycées. It occupies the site of the former Collège de Clermont, founded by the Jesuits in the 16th century.In 1563, the Jesuits purchased the Hôtel de Langres, a private mansion on rue Saint-Jacques. The Collège de la Compagnie de Jésus, known as the Collège de Clermont, became the most renowned college on Mont Sainte-Geneviève, alongside the Collège de Navarre.
The college's golden age lasted from the end of the 17th century to 1762.
In 1682, the college received the ultimate consecration: King Louis XIV granted it his patronage and the college took the name "Louis-le-Grand". From 1700, the Ecole des jeunes de Langue was attached to the college, teaching Turkish, Arabic and Persian.
In 1762, following the bankruptcy of Father Antoine Lavalette, the Jesuits were expelled from the Collège Louis-le-Grand and driven out of France by King Louis XV that same year. Nonetheless, in November 1763, the Collège Louis-le-Grand had the distinction of being consecrated "head of the University of Paris". It now housed 28 colleges.
Famous alumni include Bourbon, Condé, Guise, Joyeuse, Lorraine, La Trémoille, Montmorency, Croy, la Tour d'Auvergne, Breteuil, Brienne, Clermont-Tonnerre, Nemours, Noailles, Polignac, Richelieu, Molière, Diderot, the Marquis de Sade, Voltaire, Baudelaire, painters Delacroix and Degas, Robespierre, Pompidou and Jacques Chirac.
