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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 7 € |
| Maximum bid : | 9 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2016 18:48:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Prise de Montmédy
Date: n.d.
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS. MAGNVS. REX.
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Louis XIV signé signé N, type Guéant Prieur 400H.
Obverse translation : Louis le Grand, Roi.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ARMORVM. PRIMITIAE ; À L'EXERGUE : MONS. MEDIVS. CAPT.
Reverse description : Faisceau d'armes; au-dessus, un écusson surmonté de trois tours où on voit la forterres de Montmédy.
Commentary
Pour Feuardent ce jeton est un jeton de souvenir frappé des décennies après la campagne militaire pour rappeler ce qui fut un haut fait d’armes du jeune Louis XIV, le 6 août 1657. Il est exact que le buste utilisé est daté du début des années 1690, quarante ans plus tard.
For Feuardent this token is a souvenir token struck decades after the military campaign to recall what was a great feat of arms of the young Louis XIV, on August 6, 1657. It is true that the bust used is dated to the beginning of the 1690s, forty years later
For Feuardent this token is a souvenir token struck decades after the military campaign to recall what was a great feat of arms of the young Louis XIV, on August 6, 1657. It is true that the bust used is dated to the beginning of the 1690s, forty years later
Historical background
ARDENNES - MONTMÉDY
The town of Montmédy belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg. Taken from the Spaniards in 1657, it was reunited with France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
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