Live auction - bfe_690497 - TOURNAISIS - SIEGE OF TOURNAI Monnaie obsidionale de huit sols
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 540 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 September 2021 18:10:30 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Monnaie obsidionale de huit sols
Date: 1709
Mint name / Town : Tournai
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une jolie patine marron. De petites rayures au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Charlet
Obverse
Obverse legend : 8.
Obverse description : écu couronné comportant trois forces posées 2 et 1 ; deux palmes nouées entourant l’écu.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONETA / IN / OBSIDIONE / TORNACENSI / CVSA.
Reverse description : en cinq lignes dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée lors du siège de Tournai).
Commentary
Variété avec le 8 sous le nœud nouant les palmes. Millésime sous forme de chronogramme. Les armes du droit sont celles du marquis de Surville (d’or à trois forces hautes de sable, posés en pal 2 et 1).
Historical background
TOURNAISIS - SIEGE OF TOURNAI
Tournai was invested on June 27, 1709 and its defense was entrusted to Louis-Charles de Hautefort, marquis de Surville, who had already participated in the defense of Lille with the Maréchal de Boufflers. The city did not capitulate until July 29, but Surville and his men retreated to the citadel, which did not surrender until September 3, 1709, after a 57-day siege. The coins of 20 sols or patards were made from the tableware of the Marquis and minted on July 13. Under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Tournai was definitively attached to the Austrian Netherlands.
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