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Louis XV - États du Languedoc - Comitia Occitania type Minerve

Location France
Year 1768
Type Utility token
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Obverse description Right-facing draped bust of Louis XV with elaborately curled wig, the engraver's monogram visible at the bust truncation. The circular legend reads LUD XV REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS, with a beaded border surrounding the field.
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Obverse lettering LUD · XV · REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS
Reverse description Standing figure of Minerva in full armour, helmeted, holding an upright spear in her right hand and resting her left hand on a large decorated shield bearing the provincial coat of arms of Languedoc; a small lion figure appears at lower right. The inscription COM. OCCIT. 1768. appears in the exergue, with the circular legend NEC ARTES NEC MUNERA DESUNT surrounding the field within a beaded border.
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