Live auction - fjt_1017009 - AUNIS AND LA ROCHELLE Intendants de la Rochelle 1632

AUNIS AND LA ROCHELLE Intendants de la Rochelle XF

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Estimate :	60 €
Price :	32 €
Maximum bid :	50 €
End of the sale :	24 June 2025 15:32:31
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Intendants de la Rochelle

Date: 1632

Metal : copper

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,78 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Patine marron hétérogène avec de l’usure sur les reliefs. Faiblesse de frappe au revers

Catalogue references :

F.9150 - Corre.4904 - Carde 154

Obverse

Obverse legend : MRE F DE VILLEMONTEE CHER SEIGR DE MONTAIQVILLON ET DE VILLE NAVXE CR DAT D RQTES ET INT DE LA IVSTICE POL FIN ET MAR A LA ROCHELLE PROV ET ISL D ENTRE LOIRE ET GARONNE.

Obverse description : Armes de F. de Villemontée.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CAPIET RVRSVS HOC AVSPICE PORTVM ; À L'EXERGUE : 1632.

Reverse description : Vaisseau dans le port de La Rochelle.

Reverse translation : Sous un tel guide, il trouvera un nouveau port.

Commentary

Après s'être ruiné à son intendance, François de Villemontée mit sa femme au couvent et se fit prêtre. Avec l'influence de Le Tellier, il obtint l'évêché de Saint Malo.
After ruining himself in his stewardship, François de Villemontée put his wife in a convent and became a priest. With the influence of Le Tellier, he obtained the bishopric of Saint Malo.