Live auction - fwo_671946 - SIEGE OF LANDAU - COUNT OF MELAC 4 Livres 4 Sols 1702

SIEGE OF LANDAU - COUNT OF MELAC 4 Livres 4 Sols 1702 AU

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Estimate :	3 000 €
Price :	2 650 €
Maximum bid :	2 700 €
End of the sale :	15 June 2021 19:21:33
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 4 Livres 4 Sols

Date: 1702

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 51 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 28,82 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire à l’usure homogène

Catalogue references :

Dav.2376

Obverse

Obverse legend : 4. LIVRE. 4S / LANDAU 1702.

Obverse description : Armes du gouverneurs et bordure de 11 lis.

Reverse

Commentary

Monnaie obsidionale réalisée à partir de la découpe de vaisselle d’argent. Les lis placés en périphérie étaient destinés à éviter les rognages sur ces monnaies irrégulières.
Rare monnaie avec 11 lis frontières.

Historical background

SIEGE OF LANDAU - COUNT OF MELAC

1702

From June 16 to September 12, 1702 the army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Louis de Bade, margrave of Bade-Bade, besieged the fortress town of Landau, belonging to the kingdom of France. The French defenders led by the Comte de Mélac, governor of the place, resisted vigorously, but were forced to surrender after a siege of three months..