Token
Silver token of King LOUIS XV; Victoire de Montcalm.
- Accession Number 2020.30.23
- Date 1758
- Materials metal, silver
- Measurements 2,8 cm
Historical context
This silver token, issued in 1758, bears on the obverse an engraved bust of Louis XV wearing armor, and the words Lud XV Rex Christianis, meaning “Louis XV, Christian king”. The reverse bears the words Ferro et Pernicibus Alis, meaning “thanks to their swift sword and wings”, and an engraving depicting Calaïs and Zethès, winged sons of Borée, fighting harpies, according to a passage from the epic Jason and the G...
- Accession Number 2020.30.23
- Date 1758
- Materials metal, silver
- Measurements 2,8 cm
© © Collection Pointe-à-Callière, 2020.030.023
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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