E-auction 132-73462 - fjt_243361 - BOURGES AND THE BERRY SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DU CHER 1870
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| Estimate : | 28 € |
| Price : | 9 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2015 18:52:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DU CHER
Date: 1870
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse avec une perforation dans l’axe
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : SOCIÉTÉ HISTORIQUE DU CHER - BOURGES.
Obverse description : Armes tourelées de la ville posées sur des cuirs et sur une branche de chêne à gauche et une branche de laurier à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EXPOSITION DES BEAUX - ARTS ET DES ARTS INDUSTRIELS 1870.
Reverse description : Couronne de laurier.
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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