fjt_116344 - TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Michel Banchereau 1771
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Price : 28.00 €
Type : Michel Banchereau
Date: 1771
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
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Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste lauré à droite de Louis XV ; au-dessous signature B. DUVIV. type Guéant Prieur 668A.
Obverse translation : (Louis XV, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAIRIE DE MONSIEUR - BANCHEREAU 1771.
Reverse description : Écu ovale aux armes de Tours dans un cartouche surmonté d'une couronne royale.
Commentary
Michel Banchereau est maire de Tours de 1771 à 1780. Il porte d’or, à la barre de gueules, accostée de deux chicots de sinople, un en chef et l’autre en pointe.
Historical background
TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS
Region of the Turones Celts, Touraine has as main city Turones or Caesarodunum (Tours) under the Romans, of which it is the capital of Lyonnaise IIIe. After the Battle of Vouillé in 507, it passed to the Franks. It became county in the 10th century and the stake of a rivalry between the houses of Anjou and Blois. It was confiscated in 1203 from Jean sans Terre. It became the prerogative of many princes and ended up being attached to the Crown on the death of François d'Alençon in 1584. The city of Tours was one of the favorite residences of Charles VII and Louis XI. In 1870, it hosted the delegation of the National Defense government before being taken by the Bavarians in 1871..
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