E-auction 611-590312 - ANJOU - GENTRY Germain-François Poulain, maire d’Angers 1737
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Type : Germain-François Poulain, maire d’Angers
Date: 1737
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : G. F. POULAIN ECER. SGR. DE LA GUERCHE MAIRE D’ANGERS.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Germain-François Poulain surmonté d’un casque taré de face et orné de lambrequins.
Reverse
Reverse legend : TRIPLICI FLUIT VTILIS ORE.
Reverse description : Une fontaine composée de trois dauphins entrelacés supportant de leurs queues une vasque d’où sort une gerbe d’eau ; à l’exergue : PRÆFECTURA IIa./ 1737..
Reverse translation : (Utile, elle coule de sa triple bouche).
Commentary
Rappelle la restauration de la fontaine Godeline. Ce jeton a été frappé à 640 exemplaires en argent selon Planchenault. Germain-François Poulain est seigneur de La Guerche et maire de 1733 à 1738. Il porte d’argent à un houx arraché de sinople au franc-quartier de gueules chargé d’une croix dentée d’argent.
Historical background
ANJOU - GENTRY
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Anjou was formed into a county in 878 for Ingelger, founder of the Angevin dynasty from which came the Plantagenets and the English kings from Henry II. In 1203, the county was confiscated but it was given by will to Charles of Anjou, brother of Saint Louis in 1246. Thereafter, the matrimonial alliances of the princes of Anjou allowed the house to reign in different places in Europe : Naples, Hungary, Tarente, etc. In 1328, Anjou was again united to the crown by Philippe VI of Valois but again became a duchy in 1360 for the second son of Jean le Bon. The last descendant of this family, King René, died in 1481 and Anjou was definitively attached to the Crown in 1482, even if the title was still carried by several princes of the blood, such as the future Philippe V of Spain..
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