Live auction - fjt_014534 - ROUEN (CITY OF...) Sécurité de la ville 1709
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 19:18:19 |
Type : Sécurité de la ville
Date: 1709
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,10 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SECVRITAS VRBIS ; À L'EXERGUE : XII LEGIONES ROTHOMAGENSES 1709.
Obverse description : La Normandie appuyée sur ses armes.
Obverse translation : La sécurité de la ville - Douzième légion de Rouen.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIVITAS POPVLVSQVE ROTHOMAGENSIS.
Reverse description : Armes de Rouen.
Reverse translation : La ville et le peuple de Rouen.
Commentary
Un collectionneur nous signale les informations suivantes : Concernant les 12 Légions. Il semblerait qu’il existait au 18ème Siécle et au moins jusqu'au début 19ème, une Garde Nationale composée de 12 Légions. Il y en aurait eu une à Paris et une autre à Rouen. Cette Garde était dirigée par des aristocrates locaux (Marquis et Vicomtes) et, était entièrement à leur service et, assurait leur sécurité. Ces 12 Légions de la Garde nationale, sont par exemple citées dans les Mémoires du Général Jean Maximilien Lamarque..
Historical background
ROUEN (CITY OF...)
Former city of the Veliocasses, Rotomagus developed in Roman times and became the metropolis of Lyonnaise II at the end of the 4th century. Taken many times by the Normans, it became one of their main stations. In 911 it became the residence of the Dukes of Normandy. Commune in 1144, it belonged to France from 1204 to 1419, when it passed to the English until 1449. The Exchequer of Normandy was transformed into a sovereign court in 1499 then into Parliament in 1515. The city was under the Ancien Régime, a flourishing center of textile industries ("rouenneries" and Indians) and trade with Africa.
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