Token - Prune (Nancy - L'église Saint Epvre) ND front Token - Prune (Nancy - L'église Saint Epvre) ND back
Token - Prune (Nancy - L'église Saint Epvre) ND photo

Token - Prune (Nancy - L'église Saint Epvre) ND

 
Steel 13.77 g 31 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing entity
Prune
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Steel
Weight
13.77 g
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
2.6 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled, Coloured
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#232614
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

Coat of arms of the city of Nancy. Different from Prune at 6 o'clock.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
. Nancy .
. Lorraine . . France .

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The basilica, 3rd church since the founding of the Saint-Epvre parish in 1080, is dedicated to Saint Epvre, bishop of Toul, whose relics are preserved in a shrine in the high altar. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilique_Saint-Epvre_de_Nancy

(1575) Argent, a purpure thistle eradicated and leaved vert; on a chief the arms of Lorraine full [per fess one, per pale three: I fess Argent and Gules of eight, II Azure semé of fleurs-de-lis Or broken in chief of a label Gules, III Argent a cross potent OrOr between four crosses Gules, IV Or four pals Gules, V Azure semé of fleurs-de-lis Or, edged Gules, VI Azure a lion contourné Gulesazure a lion contourné Or tail forked, armed, langued and crowned Gules, in VII Or a lion Sable, armed and langued Gules, in VIII Azure semé of crosslet crosslet fitchée Or, two bars adossé of the same brochants, on the whole Or a bend Gules charged with three alérions Argent].https://armorialdefrance.fr/page_blason.php?ville=5215