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Mauger Medallion Questions

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 Posted 07/02/2016  1:19 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kbeuning to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello, I have joined this forum in an effort to determine if this Louis XIV medallion is the real thing or a repro(?).

Also, I do not know what the scene is that is depicted on the medallion. Any help is appreciated!

-Karen



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 Posted 07/02/2016  3:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add publius to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Appears typical of the self-aggrandizing medals of Louis XIV, which often put a most absurd construction on historical events, although I don't know specifically what "provinces rescued from the injuries of the powerful" the allegorical scene is supposed to represent. The pieces in this series are relatively common, & I know no reason this specimen shouldn't be genuine.
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I think it is real but I am far from an expert in this area.

The reverse scene depicts Justice from what I am able to find. http://numismaclub.com/unt/87584-br...justice.html

MDCLXV is 1665; the "R" beneath must be the mint mark for Paris

It is cataloged as Divo-84

-MV
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Here is a link to a book that describes in French what the medal is about http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bp...93.item.zoom

Perhaps someone more skilled in French can take a look at the link above and provide a summary of what it says.


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Here is the text, copy it to Google translate
LES GRANDES JOURS.
Les troubles de la minorite, et les longue guerre ,que la France eût à soûtenir, avoient mis plusieurs Gentilshommes en possession de tyranniser impunement les peuples, & de les opprimer par toute forte de vexation. Ces violences s'exerçoient sur-tout en Auvergne, et dans les
Provinces voisines. Le Roi, pour y mettre ordre, crea un de ces tribunaux, qu'on appelle les Grands Jours, compose d'un President au Mortier,
& de plusieurs Conseillers du Parlement de Paris, dans le ressort duquel se trouvent toutes ces Provinces. Cette Compagnie de Juges choisis eut une Commission extraordinaire, pour le transporter sur les lieux, et pour faire le proces aux coupables. Elle tint sa principale seance à Clermont en Auvergne. Divers Gentilshommes furent accusez, condamnez, et punis. Une autre Compagnie pareille, composee de membres du Parlement de Toulouse, tint en même-temps ses seances au Puy en Velay pour le Languedoc, et pour les autres Pays du ressort de ce Parlement; ce qui remit l'ordre et la seûrete dan le Royaume.
C'est le sujet de cette Medaille. La Justice tenant d'une main la balance et l'epee, tend l'autre main à une femme, qui represente les Provinces affligees, et qui implore sa protection. la Legende, PROVINCIAE AB INJURIIS POTENTIORUM VINDICATAE:,signifie,Provinces delivrees de l'oppression des Grands. A l'Exergue est la date 1666.

Do not forget: it is 17th century French....
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Thank you for the warm welcome! I appreciate your help with this medallion, especially that French text. Yesterday I was typing in some of it to translate and never got to finish.

I am glad to know that this is original. Thanks, Louis XIV, for making so many, so that I could have one! Back in my jewelry box it goes. You never know what you are going to find in a big bag of jewelry bought from some junk guys!

Once again, thank you for your help. -Karen
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