Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Regnier, Sieur de la Souchais 1674 front Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Regnier, Sieur de la Souchais 1674 back
Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Regnier, Sieur de la Souchais 1674 photo
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Token - Mayor of Nantes [44] - Jean Regnier, Sieur de la Souchais

1674 year
Silver 7.6 g 27.5 mm
Description
Location
France
King
Louis XIV (1643-1715)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Year
1674
Composition
Silver
Weight
7.6 g
Diameter
27.5 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#324637
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

In the field, a Nantes caravel with an ermine chief. Surrounding legend with date.

Script: Latin

Lettering: HONORAT. NON. ONERAT. 1674.

Edge

Plain

Comment

Jean Regnier was the sixty-first mayor of Nantes from 1673 to 1675. He bore azure two crutches in saltire, accompanied by a golden star in chief, two bezants in front, and a silver crescent in base.