Charles Faye
Equity Holding Scales of Justice
Bronze, cast, 52.3 mm Ø, 29.1 g
Dated 1605.
Obverse: Bust of Charles Faye facing left. Around, · CAROLVS FAYE ABBAS S · FVSCIANI · (Charles Faye, Abbot of Saint-Fuscien).
Reverse: Equity standing facing left, holding book in left hand and presenting scales of justice in right hand to a sphinx seated on a tree trunk. Around, IVRISQ · ÆNIGMATA · SOLVENS REDDIT CVIQ · SVVM (And explaining the enigmas of the law he rendered to each his own). In exergue, ANN · 1605.
Charles Faye (c. 1547 - 19 May 1617) was active in law and writing. He was Canon and Archdeacon in Paris, Abbot of Saint-Fuscien, and Councillor-Clerk at the Parlement of Paris.
References:
Jones 1982, no. 255