E-auction 607-582588 - ROUEN (CITY OF...) 1650
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Date: 1650
Metal : silver
Weight : 7,28 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SVNT. HAEC. QVOQVE. SIGNA. SERENI ; À L'EXERGUE : 1650.
Obverse description : Le jeune roi Louis XIV (?) tête nue, tenant de la main droite le bâton de commandement, au galop à gauche, foulant des armes. En haut, un soleil brillant l'éclaire.
Obverse translation : Ce sont aussi les signes d'un temps serein.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CIVITAS. ROTHOMAGENSIS.
Reverse description : Ecu ovale de Rouen cerné de deux palmes.
Reverse translation : Ville de Rouen.
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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