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COIN
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2015-11-26 15:03:25
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COIN
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Post-medieval double tournois of Gaston, the Duke of Orléans, dated 1636. Minted at Trévoux.
Obverse: GASTON. VSVE. DE. LA. SOV. DOM.. (Gaston, usufruitier de la souveraineté de Dombes). Buste à droite de Gaston d'Orléans portant une fraise. Bust right.
Reverse: DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1636. B. Trois lis posés 2 et 1 sous un lambel. Three fleur de lis.

Gaston, Duke of Orléans (25 April 1608 - 2 February 1660), was the third son of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a> and his wife <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_Medici" title="Marie de Medici">Marie de Medici</a>. As a son of the king, he was born a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fils_de_France" title="Fils de France">Fils de France</a>. He later acquired the title <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Duke of Orléans">Duke of Orléans</a>, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIII_of_France" title="Louis XIII of France">Louis XIII</a>, he was known at court by the traditional honorific <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur" title="Monsieur">Monsieur</a>. (Reference: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans)</a>

Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date 1636
date QS:P571,+1636-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 751565
Old ref: LANCUM-605126
Filename: 605126.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/542819
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/542819/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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