Live auction - fjt_244755 - FOREZ, Gentry and towns Louis-César Crémeaux, marquis d’Entragues n.d.

FOREZ, Gentry and towns Louis-César Crémeaux, marquis d’Entragues AU

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	17 December 2024 16:09:41

Type : Louis-César Crémeaux, marquis d’Entragues

Date: n.d.

Metal : red copper

Diameter : 32,2 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10,27 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

F.9583 - Corre.1726

Obverse

Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Louis-César Crémeaux, marquis d’Entragues, couronné et soutenu par deux griffons.

Reverse

Reverse legend : JETTON DE MR LE MARQUIS D ENTRAGUES.

Reverse description : Entre deux fleurons, inscription en quatre lignes : JETTON/ DE Mr LE/ MARQUIS/ DENTRAGUES.

Commentary

L’Histoire garde le souvenir d’Henriette d’Entragues, l’une des maîtresses d’Henri IV. Louis-César Crémeaux, marquis d’Entragues, était lieutenant général au gouvernement de Mâconnais, le jeton peut d’ailleurs être classé à Macon. Bibliophile éclairé, il est mort en 1747.
History remembers Henriette d'Entragues, one of Henry IV's mistresses. Louis-César Crémeaux, Marquis d'Entragues, was a lieutenant general in the Mâconnais government; the token can also be classified as a Macon. An enlightened bibliophile, he died in 1747.