fjt_011016 - LILLE PAROISSE DE STE. CATHERINE A LILLE 1776
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Type : PAROISSE DE STE. CATHERINE A LILLE
Date: 1776
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDOV. XVI. REX CHRISTIANIS.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XVI [n°379].
Reverse
Reverse legend : ADMINISTN. DU BIEN DES PAUVRES DE LA PAROISSE DE STE. CATHERINE A LILLE 1776.
Reverse description : Inscription en sept lignes dans une couronne de lauriers.
Commentary
Ce jeton se retrouve dans E. Vanhende, Numismatique lilloise, n° 604 qui indique que ce jeton était donné aux membres d’une institution de la paroisse Sainte-Catherine. Comme pour l’exemplaire gravé dans Vanhende, ou pour le buste illustré dans Feuardent, on remarque que le cordon du roi est maintenu par une barrette sur l’épaule.
Historical background
LILLE
The city of Lille has been mentioned in texts since the 11th century. Fortified, it was taken by Philippe Auguste in 1214, by Philippe le Bel in 1297, then it passed to the Dukes of Burgundy after the marriage of Marguerite, daughter of Louis de Male with Philippe le Hardi. Philippe le Bon made it one of his favorite residences and founded the Order of the Golden Fleece there. It then belonged to the Habsburgs and was part of the Spanish Netherlands. Louis XIV seized it during the War of Devolution in 1667 and had it fortified by Vauban. Taken by Prince Eugene in 1708, it was returned to France during the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
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