Token - Louis XV - États de Lille - Securitas Provinc. Insul.
Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1737 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 9.90 g |
| Diameter | 30 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 73866 |
| References | Feu# 7238 Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). Olivier Guéant, Michel Prieur; 2008. Bustes des rois et reines de France sur les jetons de l'Ancien Régime: Busts of the kings and queens of France on the tokens of the Ancien Régime. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Bust of Louis XV, King of France. Name of engraver on right arm
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUD.XV.REX CHRISTIANISS.
DUVIVIER
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV Rex Christianissimus
Translation: Louis XV, very christian king
Engraver: Jean Duvivier
Reverse
Crowned woman representing the province of Lille, on a pedestal, holding a cornucopia in the left arm and a rudder in the right hand. The rudder flat is engraved with the coat of arms of Lille. On the background, a large building is visible.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SECURITAS PROVINC. INSUL.
LES ETATS DE LILLE
1737
Translation:
Security of the Lille province
The states of Lille
1737
Engraver: Jean Le Blanc
Edge
Plain
Comments
This is a token commemorating the siege and capture of Lille by the French in 1667. This was part of the War of Devolution (1667-68).
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