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E-auction 161-98312 - bfe_306548 - FLANDERS - SIEGE OF LILLE Vingt sols, monnaie obsidionale

FLANDERS - SIEGE OF LILLE Vingt sols, monnaie obsidionale AU/XF
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Estimate : 190 €
Price : 50 €
Maximum bid : 50 €
End of the sale : 16 May 2016 15:32:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Vingt sols, monnaie obsidionale
Date: 1708
Mint name / Town : Lille
Quantity minted : 110000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,94 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine foncée et présentant quelques petites faiblesses de frappe. Le revers présente une faiblesse de frappe dans le champ
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Armes du maréchal de Boufflers couronnées brochant sur deux bâtons de Maréchal entourés des colliers des Ordres de Saint-Louis, du Saint-Esprit et de Saint-Michel.

Reverse


Reverse legend : XX. S: / .PRO. / DEFENSIONE / .VRBIS ET. / .PATRIÆ. / 1708.
Reverse description : en six lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (20 sols, pour la défense de la ville et de la Patrie).

Historical background


FLANDERS - SIEGE OF LILLE

(1708)

On August 12, 1708, Prince Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough made their junction before Lille. The city defended by the Duke of Boufflers did not surrender until October 22, the citadel capitulating on December 9. During the siege, the Marshal melted the cannons out of use in order to produce coins of XX, X and V sols..

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