France, Restoration. Uniface silver piedfort of the obverse of the 1607 double Tournois in the name of Henri IV.
Restoration, 1814-1830.
Description
France. Restoration period, 1814-1830. Uniface silver piedfort of the obverse of the 1607 double Tournois in the name of Henri IV. 15.78g. Duplessy cf. 1273 (for the original coin). Superb. This strike under the Restoration is part of the renewed favour then enjoyed by the figure of Henri IV, presented as one of the historical ancestors of the restored monarchy. The reinstallation of his equestrian statue on the Pont-Neuf in 1814 in silver and in 1818 in bronze, under Louis XVIII, illustrates this return to the memory of the Bourbons. Inv: G26373
Description
France. Restoration period, 1814-1830.
Uniface silver piedfort of the obverse of the 1607 double Tournois in the name of Henri IV.
15.78g.
Duplessy cf. 1273 (for the original coin).
Superb.
This strike under the Restoration is part of the renewed favour then enjoyed by the figure of Henri IV, presented as one of the historical ancestors of the restored monarchy. The reinstallation of his equestrian statue on the Pont-Neuf in 1814 in silver and in 1818 in bronze, under Louis XVIII, illustrates this return to the memory of the Bourbons.
Inv: G26373
