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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 32, July 29, 2012, Article 6

QUIZ ANSWER: SIEGE COIN IMAGES IDENTIFIED

Siege coin1 Siege coin2

Two issues back I published images of two siege coins provided by my friend Larry Korchnak, who is working on a book on the topic. When no one responded, Larry suggested "maybe no one has a book!". But E-Sylum readers can't be counted out for long. François R. Velde came through, writing:

The first is obsidional coinage of the siege of Landau by the Germans in 1702, it bears the inscription "2 livres 2s" (its value) and the date "Landau 1702" (hard to read on the picture, it looks like 1700 but that date is impossible). The arms are said to be those of the governor, Ezechiel de Larrard de Mélac, but the arms attributed to his family in standard references are completely different, so I am a bit puzzled. The coin was made from the governor's silverware.

The second reads "Lud[ovicus] XIII pius iustus invictus Aria uno a[nn]o bis obses[sa]" (Louis XIII pious, just, undefeated, Aire in one year twice besieged" and the date 1641. This is Aire-en-Artois or Aire-sur-la-Lys, besieged by the Spaniards during the 30 Years War. The coin is bronze.

Correct! According to Larry the first piece is a section cut from a silver plate at the siege of Landau 1702 (2 Livres 2 sols) Germany. The second is a very rare 1641 siege piece from Aria (Aire) france. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: JULY 15, 2012 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n30a14.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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