FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIII (1610-1643). Gold token, Jacques Venot, Mayor of Dijon 1620, Paris. Av. * JACQ. VENOT. CON. D. ROY. ME. D. COUNTS. VIC. MA. D. DIION. Shield of arms of Jacques Venot under a helmet tared and mantled to the left, surmounted by a crescent. Rv. PONDVS. AMOR. PATRIAE. LEVAT. Love passing to the left, holding a city in his right hand and a bow in his left. In exergue: shield of Dijon in the centre of the (date). Corre 4844 - Feu.10002 - Amanton pl. V/48 ; Gold - 11,43 g - 27 mm - 12 h From a sale Spink 12026, 26 September 2012, No. 325 then Spink 14006, 22 September 2014, No. 1073 and Künker 256, 9 October 2014, No. 6573. Slight marks to edge and fields barely corroded. A small nick at 2 o'clock on the right and the reverse scratched in the field. Extremely rare in gold. TTB. According to the archives, in 1621 Jacques Venot, who was successively maître de la Chambre des comptes de Dijon and maître de la Chambre des comptes du royaume de France, bought vines that correspond to the current parcel of the world-famous Romanée-Conti.