E-auction 63-29962 - fjt_02924 - BURGUNDY - TOWNS AND GENTRY Chartraire de Montigny 1707

BURGUNDY - TOWNS AND GENTRY Chartraire de Montigny XF

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	13 €
Maximum bid :	13 €
End of the sale :	30 June 2014 18:54:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Chartraire de Montigny

Date: 1707

Metal : red copper

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

F.9890 - Corre.1204

Obverse

Obverse description : Armes de Chartraire de Montigny : de gueules, à la tour d'or.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CERTA DUCUNT SIDERA ; À L'EXERGUE : 1707.

Reverse description : Un navire sous voiles allant à droite ; en haut, les deux étoiles des Gémeaux.

Reverse translation : Des étoiles sûres le guident.

Commentary

La charge de trésorier des États resta héréditaire, pendant plus de deux siècles, dans la famille Chartraire de Montigny. François, conseiller au Parlement, portait d'azur, à une tour d'or crénelée.
The office of treasurer of the States remained hereditary for more than two centuries in the Chartraire de Montigny family. François, advisor to the Parliament, wore azure, with a crenellated gold tower