fjt_443052 - NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...) Gratien Libault, sieur de la Templerie 1671
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Type : Gratien Libault, sieur de la Templerie
Date: 1671
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,15 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * GRATIEN. LIBAVLT. ESCVIER. SEIGR. DE. LA. TEMPLERIE..
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Gratien Libault timbré d’un casque taré de face et accompagné de ses lambrequins. Écu entouré de deux sirènes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAPNE. EN. CHEF. DE. LA. FOSSE. ET. MAIRE. DE. NANTES// 1671.
Reverse description : Dans le champ, caravelle nantaise, au chef d’hermines.
Commentary
Gratien Libault est maire de 1671 à 1673. Il est écuyer, seigneur de la Bélusterie, du Perray, de la Templerie, capitaine en chef de la compagnie de milice bourgeoise de la Fosse, échevin en 1657, sous-maire en 1658. Ses armes portent d’argent à six fleurs de lis de gueules, trois, deux, un, au chef de gueules chargé de trois fers de lance d’argent.
Historical background
NANTES (ALDERMANS AND MAYORS OF...)
The Town Hall of Nantes was installed in 1565 after having been created by François II in 1560, with the right to elect its aldermen. The first strikes of tokens are attested by the texts from 1569. The first tokens do not bear the name of the mayor, they are tokens of aldermen. A second period began in 1631 with the appearance of the mayor's name on the tokens. The coat of arms appeared in 1637. There are silver and copper tokens for this period. In the 18th century, on the other hand, most tokens were made of silver. In 1787, the mayor received 140 silver tokens and each alderman received 70, making a total of 700 annual tokens. Several studies have been made on this series: Fornier, in his study on the tokens of Brittany, listed 100 different tokens. Perthuis and de la Nicollière count 103 in the Golden Book of the Nantes City Hall, Soullard, Tokens of the Mayors of Nantes, finds a total of 135.
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