Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Nouveaux efforts financiers demandés aux États

Reverse

L'enfant Amour, standing on the right next to a column, removing all the clothes of the Burgundy woman standing before him.

Script: Latin

Lettering: • VT • DITET • SPOLIAT •

Edge

Plain.

Comment

At the States of 1665, another large sum of money had to be donated. Burgundy knew neither how to refuse the Prince de Condé, who had all her affection, nor the King, from whom she expected everything. However, she was aware of her destitution, and expressed it on the reverse of this token.