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Archevêche de Lyon - Camille de Neufville de Villeroy
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1653-1693 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Heraldic achievement of Camille de Neufville de Villeroy, Archbishop of Lyon, displaying a quartered shield bearing a chevron and fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a ducal coronet and a double archiepiscopal cross, flanked by rows of hermine-like tufts (lambrequins) and elaborate foliate scrollwork, all set upon an ornamental console. |
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| Reverse description | A large cartouche-shaped escutcheon bearing the arms of the city of Lyon — a lion rampant in the lower half and three fleurs-de-lis in chief — flanked by two standing allegorical river figures (the Rhône and Saône), each reclining an urn at their side, with elaborate scrollwork and a cherub's head at the top, all resting on a decorated console. |
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