Louis XIV - États de Bretagne, à l'hermine passante
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Years | 1651-1655 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 535185 |
| References | Daniel# 11 Joseph Daniel; 1980. Les jetons des états de Bretagne: Ces messieurs des Etats : Historique. Self-published, Nantes, France. , Feu# 8710 var Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). |
Obverse
Between two palms, a quartered shield of France and Brittany, stamped with a half-royal, half-ducal crown. A dot above the fleuron lily. Ecu, palms and crown differ from Daniel 5. A ring joins the two palms. A single N in BRITANIAE.
Script: Latin
Lettering: • CALCVLI • COMITIORVM • BRITANIAE
Unabridged legend: Calculi Comitiorum Britanniae
Reverse
Cinquefoil flanked by two dots. Within a field strewn with large flecks, an ermine proper passing to the left, wearing a scarf strewn with finer flecks whose two flames are curved into long points. Six-lobed finial.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ❀ • POTIVS • MORI • QVAM • FEDARI •
Unabridged legend: Potius Mori Quam Fœdari
Translation: I would rather die than be dishonored
Edge
Plain
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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