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Louis XV - États de Bretagne Rennes

Location France
Year 1754
Type Utility token
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Obverse description The obverse depicts a statue of Louis XV in Roman military dress atop a pedestal, his right arm extended in a commanding gesture. To the left, a seated allegorical female figure tends a flaming altar; to the right, a personification of Brittany is seated with an anchor rising from the sea behind her and the arms of the province at her feet. The circular legend reads LUD . XV . REDIVIVO ET TRIUMPHANTI . around the upper field.
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Reverse description The reverse displays a crowned coat of arms quartered with the fleurs-de-lis of France in the first and fourth quarters and the ermine field of Brittany in the second and third quarters, set upon a royal mantle decorated with fleurs-de-lis and ermine. The circular legend around the shield reads JETON DES ESTATS DE BRETAGNE 1754.
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