fjt_575706 - CONSECRATION IN REIMS Sacre de Louis XV 1723

PRAISE IN REIMS

At the coronation of a king of France, from Henry III, tokens and medals were made. In his book on medals and tokens of the coronation of the kings of France in Reims, Sombart three categories whose usefulness is diverse: first, gold, they serve for the ceremony in which the king has 13 to Archbishop secondly, tokens and medals were distributed at the output of the king of the cathedral in the crowd on the square and thirdly, tokens and medals of the coronation were made privately and were sold to commemorate the event is during the coronation or subsequently. On sacred in Reims, 112 types of tokens and medals are known for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX, Henri III, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI and Charles X.