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Moulage du sceau des marchands de l'eau de Paris
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Diameter | 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Cast reproduction of the medieval seal of the Paris water merchants (nautes), depicting a sailless vessel in high relief at center, shown in profile with a mast and rigging. The circumference bears a Latin legend within a raised border, the whole replicating the 13th-century Sigillum Mercatorum Aque Parisius. |
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| Obverse lettering | SIGIL[LVM ME]RCATORV AQVE PARISIVS |
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| Reverse lettering | ARCHIVES NATIONALES PARIS PARIS 1210 UN VAISSEAU SANS VOILES (Sigillum Mercatorum aque Parisius) Appendu à un accord passé entre les marchands de Paris et ceux de Rouen touchant la vente du sel en grève. Le symbole du plus puissant des corps de métiers parisiens, les "nautes" ou "marchands de l'eau" qui monopolisaient l'approvisionnement de Paris par voie fluviale, devint les armes de la ville lorsque l'administration passa entre leurs mains. C'est ainsi que, jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle, l'ancien Hôtel de Ville de Paris s'appelait communément la Marchandise de l'eau. AIRPE – IAWPR PARIS 1974 |
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