LOUIS XV 1715 - 1774 - Lot 202

LOUIS XV 1715 - 1774 LUDOVICUS XV - D - G - FRAN - ET - NAV - REX -. Bust of the king on the right, laurelled, cuirassed and draped. DU VIVIER F. on the edge of the arm. R/. IMPERIUM SUSCEPTUM. He takes the reins of government. ANNO - ÆTAT - XIV - ineunte - xvi - febr - m - dcc - xxiii. INEUNTE - XVI - FEBR - M - DCC - XXIII. At the age of fourteen February 16, 1723. The King seated on a throne, between Peace and Justice Justice, holding the fleurdelisé globe and a rudder presented to him by the by the Regent, the Duc d'Orléans, standing before him in Roman costume. costume. On the step, I.B. Smooth edge. ♦ Divo 51 Silver medal by Jean Duvivier and Jean Blanc 1723 (37.86 g) Ø 41.84 mm Very fine portrait. Beautiful medallion patina. Superb. The king's majority. On February 15, 1723, the King was thirteen years old. He officially took over the government after the regency of Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, which he held from 1715 after the death of Louis XIV until 1723, when Louis XV came of age. The Edict of January 1726, registered on February 4, ordered a new manufacture of louis. Its value, fixed at 20 livres, was raised to 24 livres by a decree of May 26. The appropriate design was that of two oval escutcheons bearing the arms of France and Navarre. Because of its shape, it was nicknamed the "louis aux lunettes".