of Dunkirk. Leg. sic . v in c it . am ico s . Ex. o r d in a ir e .
d e s . g v e r r e s . (Department for War.)
1-1.
MB. JR. Bare.
This piece is one of the counters struck annually for various
public offices in France.
This and the following pieces all refer to the cession of
Dunkirk, although struck during the next year.
132. C e s s io n o f D u n k ir k . 1662. C o u n t e r .
Bust of Louis XIV., r., &c.; same as the preceding.
Rev. A shower of gold falling from clouds into the town of
Dunkirk. Leg. fv lm in ib v s . dvm . pa r c it . t v p it e r . (Whilst
Jupiter spares his thunderbolts.) E x . e x t r a o r d in a ir e . d e s .
GVERRES. (Special Department for War.)
1-1.
Advocates, At. Bihl. Baris, At. A5. L. de Coster, At.
Rare.
A similar piece to the preceding. This counter infers that
France had obtained by gold what otherwise she might have
been compelled to seek by force of arms.
1 3 3 . C e s s io n o f D u n k ir k . 1662. C o u n t e r .
The ship Argo with the Golden Fleece. Leg. h ic . m e r c e s .
(This is the reward.)
Rev. A shower of gold falling from clouds into the town of
Dunkirk, &c.; same as No. 131.
1-15.
M. Dancoisne, At. M. Valois, At. Rare.
This counter points more specially than the others to the
manner in which Louis obtained Dunkirk.
Another variety of these pieces is composed of the obverse of
No. 131 and the reverse of No. 130.
1-1.
L. de Coster, At. M. Cartier, At. Rare.
135. C e s s io n o f D u n k ir k . 1662. C o u n t e r .
Bust of Louis XIV., r., hair long, covering the front of the
breast, in mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg.
LVD . XHII . D . G . FR . ET . NAV . REX.
Rev. Justice with her sword and scales, seated, I., is driving
away two harpies. Leg. h a r p t a s . p e l l e r e . r e g n o . (To expel
the harpies from the kingdom.) Ex. 1663.
1-1.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, AS. M. Duleau, AS. Rare.
136. C e s s io n o f D u n k ir k . 1662. C o u n t e r .
A shower of gold falling from clouds upon a tower standing
in the se a ; Dunkirk in the distance. Leg. ic t v . fv lm in e o .
p o t e n t io r . (More potent than the stroke of lightning.) Ex.
On a band, d v n k e r q v e .
Rev. Justice with her sword and scales, &c.; same as the
preceding.
1‘1. Van Loon, II. 490.
MB. At. Bibl. Paris, At. Rare.
These last two are also jetons or counters struck to commemorate
the purchase of Dunkirk by Louis XIV. The obverse
of this piece also occurs as the reverse to the obverse of the
preceding. If it be true that the expulsion of the Harpies
symbolized the departure of the English from Dunkirk, it was
not a very gracious device. As the two countries were now at
peace, the allusion might be to some other event, perhaps the
expulsion of the Duke of Lorraine from Marsal.