France LOUIS XIII. Silver token engraved by BRIOT of the coronation in Reims - 1610,

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LOUIS XIII. Silver token of the coronation in Reims on October 17, 1610, engraved by Nicolas BRIOT.

Silver.
25 mm.
4.90 g.

Obverse: Crowned bust of the King facing right, wearing the royal mantle, a ruff, and the necklace of the Holy Spirit.
Reverse: A hand emerging from the clouds to the left, holding the Holy Ampulla. View of the City of Reims below.

The Dauphin became a child king after the assassination of his father, Henry IV, in 1610. Still under the guardianship of his mother, Marie de' Medici, he achieved his emancipation in 1617 by having Concini, Marshal of Ancre, assassinated.

A very fine example with an old medallion patina.

VERY RARE.

Provenance : Sabine Bourgey (Paris, with stock label).

Unknown variety apparently from Sombart with 'Octobris' on the reverse and 'Chritianis' without the second S at the end on the obverse.


References: Mazerolle, no. 555 - Jones, no. 116 - Feuardent, no. 7879 - Sombart, no. 15.

These silver tokens were often distributed during the King's enthronement.
At the end of the coronation ceremony (which included many events, including the march to the Church of Reims, the arrival of the Holy Ampulla preserved at the Abbey of Saint Rémi, the King's oaths to the Church and then to the Kingdom, the reception of Charlemagne's sword and golden spurs, the anointing with holy chrism, the presentation of the ermine mantle, the scepter, and the ring, the coronation by the archbishop, and the enthronement), the peers acclaimed the King while the people entered the cathedral in jubilation, shouting "Long live the King!" while birds were released and artillery salvos and cannons thundered.

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