E-auction 261-184453 - fjt_465798 - ARDENNES - ROCROI Bataille de Rocroi par Jean Dollin 1643 (1714-1725)

ARDENNES - ROCROI Bataille de Rocroi par Jean Dollin VF

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	17 €
Maximum bid :	22 €
End of the sale :	16 April 2018 18:27:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Bataille de Rocroi par Jean Dollin

Date: 1643 (1714-1725)

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,7 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Usure régulière de circulation sur les deux faces

Catalogue references :

F.7977

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUDOVICUS XIIII. REX CHRISTIANISSIMUS..

Obverse description : Tête de Louis XIV jeune à droite, au-dessous signature I. DOLLIN. F..

Obverse translation : (Louis XIV, roi très chrétien).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORIA PRIMIGENIA. À L’EXERGUE : AD RUPEM REGIAM/ DIE 5 IMPER/ 1643.

Reverse description : Une renommée assise de face sur les nuées descendues jusque sur l’amas d’armes, pose le pied gauche sur un trophée gisant à terre. De la main droite elle élève une couronne et de la gauche elle tient une palme.

Reverse translation : (la première victoire).

Commentary

Jean Dollin travaille surtout entre 1714 et 1725, ce jeton peut être daté de cette période.

Historical background

ARDENNES - ROCROI

On a high plateau and surrounded by the Ardennes forest, the town of Rocroi was fortified by François I and then by Louis XIII. The Duke of Enghien (future Grand Condé) won between this city and the village of Maubert-Fontaine a famous victory over the Spaniards on May 18 and 19, 1643. Commanded by don Francisco de Mello, the 26,000 Spaniards were beaten by this young commander twenty-three years old, nephew by marriage of Richelieu. After fierce resistance, the tercios were annihilated and lost 15,000 men and their artillery. With a considerable impact, the victory of Rocroi put an end to the reputation of invincibility of the Spanish infantry. Passed to Spain during the Fronde des Princes, Condé besieged and took the city in 1653. It remained Spanish until the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659.