Jeton - Marie-Thérèse de Savoie

Features

Location	France
King	Louis XV (1715-1774) Louis XVI (1774-1792)
Type	Utility items › Counter tokens
Years	1773-1791
Composition	Gold plated copper
Weight	14.61 g
Diameter	29.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 572563
References	Feu# 6873 var Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte. Paris, France (5 volumes). , Pradel# 483 var Pierre Pradel; 1936. Catalogue des jetons des princes et princesses de la maison de France. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.

Obverse

Draped bust of Maria Theresa on the left, wearing a high headdress adorned with ribbons. Signature under the bust. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
M. THER. DE SAVOYE COMTESSE. D’ARTOIS.
DU VIV.

Unabridged legend:
Marie-Thérèse de Savoie, comtesse d’Artois.
Duvivier

Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier

Reverse

Two oval escutcheons, the left with the arms of Artois, the right with the arms of Sardinia, conjoined under a crown and on a cartouche. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: MAISON DE MAD.E LA COMTESSE D’ARTOIS.

Unabridged legend: Maison de Madame la comtesse d’Artois

Edge

Reeded.

Comments

Marie-Thérèse de Savoie was born on January 13, 1756, to Victor-Amédée III, King of Sardinia, and Marie-Antoinette of Spain. She married the Comte d'Artois, the future Charles X, in 1773. She died on June 2, 1805, abandoned by her husband.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1773-1791)

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