Jeton - Louis XIII - États de Bourgogne - Avalanche de misères

Reverse

Rain of arrows falling on the land of Burgundy; date in the exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OBRVIMVR NVMERO
• 1634 •

Unabridged legend: Obruimur numero.

Comment

Gaston d'Orléans besieged Dijon with a troop of foreigners raised in Lorraine. The surroundings of the city were pillaged and burned. The accumulation of violence and debts is represented on the reverse side of this token in the form of a hail of dashes.