Jeton - Charles III de Lorraine "Pallas, Juno and Venus"

Jeton - Charles III de Lorraine "Pallas, Juno and Venus" - obverseJeton - Charles III de Lorraine "Pallas, Juno and Venus" - reverse

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Features

Location Duchy of Lorraine (French States)
Duke Charles III (1545-1608)
Type Utility items › Counter token
Year 1589
Composition Gilding metal
Weight 4 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 0.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
353681
References Feu# 7490,
Félix-Bienaimé Feuardent; 1904. Jetons et méreaux depuis Louis IX jusqu'à la fin du Consulat de Bonaparte / Tome 1. Grandes administrations de l'état de la ville de Paris; corporations, etc.; noblesse et villes de l'Ile-de-France. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, France.
And 3 more volumes.
Corre# 3129
Pierre Corre; 1986. Corpus de jetons armoriés de personnages français (2nd edition). Léopard d'or, Paris, France.

Obverse

Faith (two hands clasped) holding two horns of plenty and a caduceus. Surrounding legend and date in exergue.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAX ET FOEL TEMP ✿
MDLXXXIX

Reverse

Pallas, Juno and Venus naked. Love next to Venus. Names all around, no exergue signature.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: PALLAS • IVNO • VENVS•

Edge

Plain

Comments

This token may have been minted in Nuremberg; the style is quite distinctive, but it is unsigned.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1589  (fr) MDLXXXIX

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