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Archevêché de Bourges - Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puysegur

Location France
Year 1788
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Composition Silver
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Obverse description Right-facing bust of Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puysegur in high relief, depicted wearing clerical vestments and a powdered wig with curled side locks. The legend encircles the effigy within an octagonal beaded border.
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Obverse lettering JO.AUG.DE CHASTENET DE PUYSEGUR ARCHEVITA CP
Reverse description The quartered heraldic arms of the Archbishop, surmounted by an archiepiscopal cross and a coronet, flanked by elaborate ecclesiastical tasselled cordons in high relief. The legend CLERUS BITURICENSIS arcs across the upper field, with the date 1788 to the right, all within an octagonal beaded border. The engraver's signature GALLE appears in the exergue.
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