Token - Louis XIV Ville de Paris; Tuetur et ornat

Token - Louis XIV (Ville de Paris; Tuetur et ornat) - obverseToken - Louis XIV (Ville de Paris; Tuetur et ornat) - reverse

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Features

Location Free imperial city of Nuremberg (German States)
Type Utility items › Counter token
Composition Bronze
Weight 4.67 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
32205
References Feu# 3427
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.

Series: Ville de Paris

Obverse

Equestrian statue of Louis XIV, on a pedestal facing right. Lettering around and in exergue

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TVETVR ET ORNAT·
T·B·F·

Translation:
Tuetur et ornat = Protects and beautifies
Il protège et orne = It protects and decorates

Engraver: Thomas Barnard

Reverse

View of Paris and the Seine river, with the Pont Neuf. Lettering around

Script: Latin

Lettering: LA VILLE·DE·PARIS·

Translation: The city of Paris

Engraver: Thomas Barnard

Edge

Plain

Mint

Nuremberg, Germany

Comments

Possibly made in Nuremberg around 1705.
Catalogue: Mitchiner 3419
In exergue either I·P·L· or T·B·F·

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