Live auction - fjt_589580 - PICARDY - GENTRY AND TOWNS DOULLENS 1595

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	96 €
Maximum bid :	105 €
End of the sale :	26 April 2022 20:32:13
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : DOULLENS

Date: 1595

Mint name / Town : Tournai

Metal : red copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 6,04 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R2

Catalogue references :

F.6641

Obverse

Obverse legend : EXPECTA. DOMINVM. VIRILITER. AGE ; À L'EXERGUE : 1595.

Obverse description : Henri IV debout, implorant le Ciel et combattant un ours, un loup et un serpent.

Obverse translation : Espère en Dieu et agis comme un homme.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ET. ILLE. ROBORABIT. COR. TVVM..

Reverse description : Armes de la Zélande.

Reverse translation : Et il revigorera ton courage.

Commentary

Nous ingorons pourquoi Feuardent affecte ce jeton à cette petite ville d’actuellement 7000 habitants, voir son site à http://www.mairie-doullens.fr/zone1/index.html .
We do not know why Feuardent allocates this token to this small town of currently 7000 inhabitants, see its website at http://www.mairie-doullens.fr/zone1/index.html