fjt_675841 - BLOIS AND THE BLAISOIS - GENTRY AND TOWNS Maison commune de Blois 1557
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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Maison commune de Blois
Date: 1557
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,10 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : .POVR. LA. MAISON. COMMVNE. DE. BLOYS..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Blois (fleur de lys entre un loup et un porc-épic) cernées d’une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HENRY. PAR. LA. G. DE. DIEV. ROY. DE. FRAN..
Reverse description : Un grand H majuscule entouré d’un croissant et surmonté d’une couronne, le tout dans une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier ; à l’exergue : 1557.
Commentary
Coin varié de revers. Ces jetons municipaux de Blois ont fait l’objet d’une étude de Maurice Vallas dans les Mémoires de la Société des Sciences et Lettres du Loir-et-Cher, 1995.
Historical background
BLOIS AND THE BLAISOIS - GENTRY AND TOWNS
The town of Blois was in the 9th century, the seat of the county of Robert le Fort. Thibaut de Chartres seized it during the reign of Charles the Simple and the county remained with his descendants until 1391, when the county was sold to Louis I of France, Duke of Orléans. His grandson, Louis XII, ascending the throne, unites the county to the Crown. Favorite residence of the Valois, its castle was rebuilt and enlarged during the 16th and 17th centuries. The States-General were held there in 1576 and 1588, famous for the assassination of the Duke of Guise. The government took refuge there in 1814. Blois is today the capital of the department of Loir-et-Cher.
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