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France, Royal and Feudal Administration, c. 1340, shield of France-Burgundy, amovrs roales c reversed, rev. ornate cross, lis in angles, 0.82g/11h (Coll. Rouyer p.45, 270 and pl. vii, 9). Small edge chip, otherwise good very fine with dark patina, rare £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Jetons, the Property of a Gentleman.

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The arms of Jeanne de Bourgogne, daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy. She married Philippe de Valois in 1313 and became Queen in 1328. She died of plague in Paris in 1348 or 1349, at the height of the Black Death