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Jeton de Noblesse - Armand de Biron - "COELVM NON SOLVM
1583 year| Brass | 4.6 g | 27 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Henry III (Henri III) (1574-1589) |
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Year | 1583 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 4.6 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Thickness | 0.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#349312 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
A hand holding lightning on a crocodile walking towards a crowned scepter. Legend around and at the exergue with a date.
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
FAMAM• EXTENDERE• FACTIS•
NON• EX• OTIO
1578
Edge
Plain
Comment
This very rare token, probably for esoteric purposes, reproduces the reverse of Armand de Biron's token.Historical background:
Armand de Gontaut, seigneur de Biron, known as "le Boiteux", born in 1524 and killed at the siege of Épernay on July 9, 1592, was a French officer and statesman of the Italian Wars and the Wars of Religion, who achieved the dignity of Marshal of France in 1577. He was also mayor of Bordeaux (appointed by the king) from 1577 to 1581, as well as the king's delegate in Guyenne, facing the Protestant Henri de Navarre, the incumbent governor.
After fighting in the service of the French kings of the House of Valois until the death of Henri III (1589), he rallied to Henri de Navarre, who became Henri IV, the legitimate successor by heredity, but opposed until 1598 by members of the Catholic League because of his religion, Calvinism.
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