fjt_257308 - ROUYER - X. NUREMBERG JETONS AND TOKENS La grande prostituée de Babylone n.d.
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Price : 45.00 €
Type : La grande prostituée de Babylone
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : MERETRIX BA - APOCALIPS . CAPUT XVII.
Obverse description : La bête de l'Apocalypse de St Jean avec ses sept têtes couronnées portant la reine pourpre avec deux personnages royaux en adoration.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIVIT. BABIL. INSINGNI.
Reverse description : Écu imaginaire de la ville de Babylone avec trois couronnes.
Reverse translation : Armes de la ville de Babylone.
Commentary
On se perd en conjectures sur l'utilisation à l’époque de ce jeton quasi-magique auquel un utilisateur a donné, il y a très longtemps, un coup de poinçon sur la prostituée.
Sur ce mythe, voir http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_prostitu%C3%A9e.
Sur ce mythe, voir http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_prostitu%C3%A9e.
Historical background
ROUYER - X. NUREMBERG JETONS AND TOKENS
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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