FRANCE-Dombes 15 Deniers (Quinzain) 1643 Gaston d'Orléans. Trevoux mint. XF+

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1643, French States, Dombes (Principality), Gaston d'Orléans. Silver 15 Deniers (Quinzain) Coin. Trevoux mint.

Mint Year: 1643
Mint Place: Trevoux
Region: Dombes (Principality)
Denomination: 15 Deniers (Quinzain)
References: Divo Dombe 186, Duplessy 2989, KM-.
Condition: Minimal weaknes of strike, otherwise a nice XF+ for this fragile local issue!
Diameter: 22mm
Material: Silver
Weight: 1.9gm

Obverse: Crowned coat-of-arms shield with royal arms of France (three lilies), flanked by initials (G) of the Duke. Lily inside circle of dots splits legend above.
Legend: (lily) GAST . FR . VN . REG . VSV . FR . PR . DOMB
Translated: "Gaston, King's only brother, usufructuary of the principality of Dombes."

Reverse: Cross with fork-ends with four lilies in angles and one at center.
Legend: + DNS . ADIVT . ET . REDEM . MEVS . 1643
Translated: "The lord is my support and redemptor, 1643."



The Principality of Dombes was a small, semi-independent feudal state in eastern France, located north of Lyon in the modern-day Ain department.

Gaston, Duke of Orléans (24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his wife Marie de Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the traditional honorific Monsieur.

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