Modern coin – HCR67795

Obverse

Inscription:

F M D LA TOVR DVC D BVILLON

Design:

Bust of the Prince facing right.

Inscription:

DOVBLE DE SEDAN 1638

Design:

Small tower, surmounted by a fleurs de lis, in a field of fleur de lis, three complete, two partial.

Category

French feudal coin

Period

Modern

Group

Authority

Sedan: principality

Person

Frederic-Maurice De La Tour D'Auvergne, Prince of Sedan, Jametz and Raucourt, Duke of Bouillon., 1623 - 1642

Reign

Dating

1638

Mint

Sedan

Denomination

double tournois

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

1.36

Diameter (mm)

19.2

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

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