Modern coin – HCR67778

Obverse

Inscription:

GASTON VSV D LA SOV DOM G

Design:

Bust of the duke, right.

Inscription:

DOVBLE TOVRNOIS 1639

Design:

Three fleurs de lis, under a heraldic banner.

Category

French feudal coin

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Dombes: principality.

Person

Gaston of Orleans, Duke of Orleans, (usufructuary of Dombes), 1627 - 1657

Reign

Dating

1639?

Mint

Trevoux

Denomination

double tournois

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

2.28

Diameter (mm)

20.5

Acquisition date

1909

Acquisition note

ticket states, found in Oxford?

Reference

Reference

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