Live auction - fjt_443026 - NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...) Mathurin Giraud, sieur de la Bigeotière 1665
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
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| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 18:43:07 |
Type : Mathurin Giraud, sieur de la Bigeotière
Date: 1665
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,55 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière sur les reliefs sinon un très bel exemplaire avec une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .NIL TEMPERE AVT TIMIDE. ; À L’EXERGUE : .1665..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Mathurin Giraud timbré d’un casque taré de face et accompagné de ses lambrequins.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DE LA MAIRIE DE MRE. MRIN. GIRAVD SGR. DE LA BIGEOTIERE.
Reverse description : Dans un écu couronné, caravelle nantaise, au chef d’hermines, autour une cordelière.
Commentary
Mathurin Giraud de la Bigeotière fut installé maire le 10 novembre 1664 et continué en 1665. Écuyer, conseiller du roi au siège présidial de Nantes, Mathurin Giraud est le dernier des onze enfants de Rolland Giraud, échevin de 1620 à 1622 et marchand de draps de soie. Il meurt en 1690. Ses armes portent d’argent à la fasce de gueules accompagnée de trois croissants d’azur, deux et un.
Mathurin Giraud de la Bigeotière was installed as mayor on November 10, 1664 and continued in 1665. Equerry, advisor to the king at the presidential seat of Nantes, Mathurin Giraud is the last of the eleven children of Rolland Giraud, alderman from 1620 to 1622 and silk cloth merchant. He died in 1690. His coat of arms is argent with a gules fess accompanied by three azure crescents, two and one
Mathurin Giraud de la Bigeotière was installed as mayor on November 10, 1664 and continued in 1665. Equerry, advisor to the king at the presidential seat of Nantes, Mathurin Giraud is the last of the eleven children of Rolland Giraud, alderman from 1620 to 1622 and silk cloth merchant. He died in 1690. His coat of arms is argent with a gules fess accompanied by three azure crescents, two and one
Historical background
NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...)
The Town Hall of Nantes was installed in 1565 after having been created by François II in 1560, with the right to elect its aldermen. The first strikes of tokens are attested by the texts from 1569. The first tokens do not bear the name of the mayor, they are tokens of aldermen. A second period began in 1631 with the appearance of the mayor's name on the tokens. The coat of arms appeared in 1637. There are silver and copper tokens for this period. In the 18th century, on the other hand, most tokens were made of silver. In 1787, the mayor received 140 silver tokens and each alderman received 70, making a total of 700 annual tokens. Several studies have been made on this series: Fornier, in his study on the tokens of Brittany, listed 100 different tokens. Perthuis and de la Nicollière count 103 in the Golden Book of the Nantes City Hall, Soullard, Tokens of the Mayors of Nantes, finds a total of 135.
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