fjt_233350 - BURGUNDY (COUNTY OF) Service des comptes de Besançon n.d.
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Price : 140.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 140.00 €
Type : Service des comptes de Besançon
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Besançon
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,21 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement voilé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .FERDINAND9. II. D. G. RO. IMP. S. A. ETC..
Obverse description : Buste à droite, tête laurée ; à l’exergue le millésime non achevé 16 suivi d’un cartouche vide et CP.
Obverse translation : Ferdinand II par la grâce de Dieu empereur romain du saint-Empire etc..
Reverse
Reverse legend : VESO - NTIO.
Reverse description : Armes du Saint-Empire, portant en cœur les armes de Besançon dans un écu, surmontées d’une couronne, entourées des armes des sept bannières de Besançon dans des écus échancrés (Saint-Quentin, Saint-Pierre, Chamars, Le Bourg, Battant, Charmont et Arènes).
Reverse translation : (Besançon).
Commentary
Les initiales CP sous le buste désignent le graveur Claude Poux. Ces initiales sont très peu visibles sauf en lumière rasante sur cet exemplaire comme sur les autres exemplaires signalés. Le jeton date probablement de 1624.
The initials CP under the bust designate the engraver Claude Poux. These initials are barely visible except in raking light on this example as on the other examples reported. The token probably dates from 1624
The initials CP under the bust designate the engraver Claude Poux. These initials are barely visible except in raking light on this example as on the other examples reported. The token probably dates from 1624
Historical background
BURGUNDY (COUNTY OF)
In 1477, on the death of Charles the Bold, the Duchy of Burgundy was dismantled between France, which recovered Burgundy proper, and the House of Habsburg, which recovered Franche-Comté or County of Burgundy. In 1548 the county of Burgundy passed to the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs and was incorporated into the circle of Burgundy (with Luxembourg, Brabant, Hainaut, Flanders, etc.). Louis XIV seized the County of Burgundy in 1668 but had to return it during the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. He was to reconquer this county in 1674 and the possession was confirmed in 1678 by the Treaty of Nijmegen.
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