fjt_089567 - ROUYER - VIII. JETONS AND TOKENS CLASSIFIED BY TYPE Jeton de compte dit “à l’Homme sauvage” n.d.
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Jeton de compte dit “à l’Homme sauvage”
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 24,50 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 1,54 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier
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Obverse
Obverse description : Personnage nu, de face, velu et barbu, appuyant la main gauche sur un écu à trois fleurs de lis et tenant une épée de la main droite ; deux arcades d’un édicule gothique de part et d’autre du personnage.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (À 9 HEURES) + AVE MARIA GRA///.
Reverse description : Croix arquée et fleurdelisée, centrée d’une fleur de lis.
Commentary
Le personnage populaire et mythologique de l’homme sauvage parfois fils de l’ours, doté de pouvoirs liés aux forces de la nature, au retour du printemps, est revendiqué comme ancêtre mythique par les grandes familles, dont la famille royale de France (comme les Lusignan se recommandent de la fée serpent Mélusine). Cette mythologie populaire a été exportée, comme pour le sarrasin, par les graveurs de Tournai.
The popular and mythological character of the wild man, sometimes the son of the bear, endowed with powers linked to the forces of nature, at the return of spring, is claimed as a mythical ancestor by the great families, including the royal family of France (as the Lusignans are recommended by the serpent fairy Mélusine). This popular mythology was exported, as for buckwheat, by the engravers of Tournai
The popular and mythological character of the wild man, sometimes the son of the bear, endowed with powers linked to the forces of nature, at the return of spring, is claimed as a mythical ancestor by the great families, including the royal family of France (as the Lusignans are recommended by the serpent fairy Mélusine). This popular mythology was exported, as for buckwheat, by the engravers of Tournai
Historical background
ROUYER - VIII. JETONS AND TOKENS CLASSIFIED BY TYPE
Nicolas-Joseph-Jules Rouyer (1820-1898) bequeathed in 1897 his collection of tokens and medals to the Department of Medals of the National Library of France. His desire to keep his collection intact and the desire to leave it complete, accessible and useful to his fellow citizens seem to be the primary reasons for this bequest. The collection began around 1840 and Rouyer gave his first article to the Revue numismatique in 1844. More than half a century later, the legacy includes, among other things, 1860 tokens and coins from the Middle Ages. In 1899, the collection was classified and indexed, then published by Henri de La Tour in two volumes. The first volume, which includes 1860 tokens and mereaux from the Middle Ages, the most interesting according to Rouyer, was republished in 2000 and is still an essential source for these monuments of the past..
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