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Description: | 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 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. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans)
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