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Son of Joseph Roettiers, he became Graveur des Medailles du Roi in 1715 and was admitted to the Paris Academy in 1717. He succeeded his cousin Norbert as first engraver at the Paris mint and held the post from 1727-53 and 1772-74. See Forrer 5, pp. 178-82; Thieme-Becker 28, p. 508. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976