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Token - Community of the merchants of the Loire Orléans
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1653 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | The field depicts two allegorical figures facing one another: the river Loire personified as a reclining male figure leaning on an overflowing urn, and Mercury standing to the right holding a caduceus. The circular legend runs around the rim, with LIGERIS and the date 1653 in the exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | POVR LA COMM. D. MARCH. FREQ. LA. R. D. LOYRE ; À L`EXERGUE : LIGERIS 1653 |
| Reverse description | A detailed panoramic view of the city of Orléans fills the field, with church spires and buildings lining the riverbank and several sailing vessels on the Loire in the foreground. A decorative floral or foliate device appears at the top of the field, with the circular Latin legend around the rim and AVRELIA in the exergue. |
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