Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jean-Pierre Burteur (2nd type); silver) 1742-1748 front Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jean-Pierre Burteur (2nd type); silver) 1742-1748 back
Token - États de Bourgogne (Maire de Dijon Jean-Pierre Burteur (2nd type); silver) 1742-1748 photo
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Token - États de Bourgogne Maire de Dijon Jean-Pierre Burteur 2nd type; silver

 
Silver 9.61 g 29.5 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Years
1742-1748
Composition
Silver
Weight
9.61 g
Diameter
29.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#156317
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Oval arms of the city of Dijon (gules, on a chief per pale: first azure semé de fleurs de lys or and a bordure compony argent and gules, second banded or and azure of six pieces and a bordure gules), crowned, within a laurel wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: JEAN Pre. BURTEUR CONer. AU PARLEMt. VIC. MAY. DE DIJON

Comment

This Latin legend is inspired by a line from Horace (Epistle to the Pisons, v. 412: "qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam").
Jean-Pierre Burteur was elected on April 9, 1731, and remained in office until his death on May 25, 1750, a period of nineteen consecutive years.