Louis XIII - Silver Token/medal Of The Coronation In Reims 1610 By Nicolas Briot

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

The Dauphin, became child king after the assassination of his father Henri IV in 1610. Still under the tutelage of his mother Marie de Médicis, he gained his emancipation in 1617 by having Concini, Marshal of Ancre, assassinated.

Very fine example with an old medallist patina.
VERY RARE.

Apparently unknown variety from Sombart with "Octobris" on the reverse and "Chritianis" without the second S at the end on the obverse.

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

References : Mazerolle, n°555 - Jones, n°116 - Feuardent, n° 7879 - Sombart, n°15.

These silver tokens were very often distributed during the King's enthronement. At the end of the coronation ceremony (which includes 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 acclaim the King while the people enter the cathedral in jubilation, shouting "Long live the King" while birds are released and artillery salvos and cannons thunder.