fjt_05536 - ORLÉANAIS - Gentry and towns 1870
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ME VINDICE LILIA FLORENT ; À L'EXERGUE : AURELIA.
Obverse description : La Pucelle assise de face, tenant de la main droite son épée, la gauche appuyée sur l'écu d'Orléans, écrasant le lion anglais.
Obverse translation : Les lis fleurissent sous ma protection ; à l'exergue : Orléans.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAIRIE DE P.N.A. CRESPIN 1870.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes.
Commentary
Le coin d'origine des jetons de maires d'Orléans par Duvivier a été repris pour cette nouvelle série.
The original coin of the Orléans mayoral tokens by Duvivier has been used for this new series
The original coin of the Orléans mayoral tokens by Duvivier has been used for this new series
Historical background
ORLÉANAIS - Gentry and towns
Founded on the ruins of the Gallic city of Cenabum, the city takes the name of the emperor Aurélien, Aurelianum. The city was a bishopric from the 4th century then capital of a Frankish kingdom in the 6th century. Forming a county under the Carolingians, the Orleans region then became the territorial base of Capetian power. Endowed with a university since 1309, it was then besieged by the English but delivered by Joan of Arc in May 1429. The city then entered history several times during the Wars of Religion, the Fronde or in 1870 when it is occupied by von der Tann.
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