LANDAU - LOUIS XIV 1702 - Lot 687

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LANDAU - LOUIS XIV 1702 - Lot 687
LANDAU - LOUIS XIV 1702 In a rectangular cartouche with cut bottom corners, legend in two lines: .2.LIVRE.2.S. / LANDAV .1702. Around the rim, four lilies in countermarks. In the center, the coat of arms of the Governor of Mérac. R/. Smooth. ** Dr. O37; Mailliet 276 Silver coin of 2 livres 2 sols 1702 (12.10 g) Irregular flan taken from the edge of a silver plate. Rare. Superb. LANDAU City under siege by Germanic troops Landau is a fortress town in Rhineland-Palatinate belonging to France, under siege from June 16 to September 12, 1702. The town was besieged by an army of the Holy Roman Empire led by Louis de Bade, Margrave of Baden. The French defenders, led by the Count of Mélac, governor of the place, resisted vigorously, but were forced to surrender after a three-month siege. This action of the War of the Spanish Succession took place in Landau, which had been part of French Alsace since the Treaty of Ryswick (1697). In 1703, the siege was undertaken by the French under the command of the Duc de Villars.
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