1691? Coin? Token? No Idea What This Is.

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General Tso Valued Member United States 341 Posts	Posted 10/14/2016 11:35 pm Anybody know what this is? Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 10/15/2016 12:11 pm Looks like a hammer and anvil I can read 'PROTEGE' (?) but most of the text looks like latin '...UARUM...' '...SUS ET ...' Kind of Nuremberg token? Report this Post to the Staff
Brummagem Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 10/15/2016 7:00 pm I think this is it - a jeton of Dijon, France and dated 1591. http://www.cgb.fr/dijon-maires-de--...59387,a.html Titulature avers : (lis). PROBVS. ILLÆSVS. ET. INEXPVGNABILIS. . Description avers : Une enclume aux armes de Dijon sur laquelle est une pointe de diamant que menace un marteau, au-dessous 1591 . Titulature revers : * SVB. VMBRA. ALARVM. TVARVM. PROTEGE. ME. DOMINE . Description revers : Ses armes dans un ecu incline, avec casque, lambrequins et cimier . Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 10/15/2016 7:28 pm Nice work @brummagem! I spent a bunch of time on this and came up empty-handed. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Brummagem Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 10/15/2016 8:02 pm Thank you Spence :) Yes it took some creative googling! I've had some experience with deciphering partial legends which helped to piece it together. Report this Post to the Staff
General Tso Valued Member United States 341 Posts	Posted 10/15/2016 10:41 pm Thank you very much! This thing has had me stumped all week. Report this Post to the Staff
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