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© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Token - Prune (Aigues-Mortes - Tour Constance) ND
| Steel | 14.44 g | 32 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Prune |
| Type | Medals › Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Steel |
| Weight | 14.44 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled, Coloured |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#180617 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Coat of arms of the city of Aigues-Mortes.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
° Aigues-Mortes °
Camargue ° France
Edge
Milled
Comment
The Tour de Constance was erected in Aigues-Mortes by Saint Louis in 1242, on the former site of the Tour Matafère, built by Charlemagne around 790 to house the king's garrison. This construction was part of the transformation of Aigues-Mortes into a strategic point with a port opening onto the Mediterranean. Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_Constance(1697) Or, Saint Martin of the flesh vested azure, mounted on a horse gules, saddled and harnessed or, sharing his mantle with a crippled poor man of the flesh on a crutch proper, vested azure, who begs him for alms, all on a terrace vert.https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=111
