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E-auction 319-236872 - fme_536087 - BOURGES AND THE BERRY Médaille, La Quenouillée

BOURGES AND THE BERRY Médaille, La Quenouillée AU
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Estimate : 85 €
Price : 21 €
Maximum bid : 21 €
End of the sale : 27 May 2019 18:27:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Médaille, La Quenouillée
Date: 1975
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 167,8 g.
Edge : lisse + 1975 + corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène. Marques de coups sur la tranche

Obverse

Obverse legend : LA QUENOUILLEE.
Obverse description : Personnages dansant la Quenouillée (danse berrichonne). Signé : GEORGES CROUZAT.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BERRY / BOURGES.
Reverse description : Écu du Berry et Écu de Bourges entourés de grappes de raisin et de têtes de bélier. Signé : GEORGES CROUZAT.

Historical background

BOURGES AND THE BERRY

This province which formed the departments of Indre and Cher had for capital Bourges, Avaricum of the Romans and country of Bituriges Cubi Celtic previously. A hereditary county in the Carolingian era, Berry was sold in 1101 to Philip I. This stronghold then became the prerogative of princes of the blood on several occasions but was definitively attached to the Crown in 1601. From 1422 to 1437, Charles VII held court in Bourges, which earned him the nickname "King of Bourges". The title of Duke of Berry was still worn in the 18th century by the future Louis XVI and in the 19th century by Ferdinand, son of Charles X..

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