bfe_717907 - TOURNAISIS - SIEGE OF TOURNAI Monnaie obsidionale de vingt sols ou patards
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Price : 720.00 €
Type : Monnaie obsidionale de vingt sols ou patards
Date: 1709
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Weight : 7,14 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire présentant une usure homogène. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jacques Thilliez
Obverse
Obverse legend : 20 // M DE SVRVILLE.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant dans un cercle coupé ; petite tour sous le buste.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
Historical background
TOURNAISIS - SIEGE OF TOURNAI
Tournai was invested on June 27, 1709 and its defense was entrusted to Louis-Charles de Hautefort, marquis de Surville, who had already participated in the defense of Lille with the Maréchal de Boufflers. The city did not capitulate until July 29, but Surville and his men retreated to the citadel, which did not surrender until September 3, 1709, after a 57-day siege. The coins of 20 sols or patards were made from the tableware of the Marquis and minted on July 13. Under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Tournai was definitively attached to the Austrian Netherlands.
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