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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 35073, member: 283&quot;]I think you have something there. The significance would probably have been altered to a much more Christian (Christianissimus) ethic in keeping with the times. As such I would have thought it to portray `He (Jove / God) is there&nbsp; in time of need&#039; (as opposed to a shield or whatever being there in time of need).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The picture is one thing. It&#039;s the underlying significance that is all important, and which tends to get lost with the passage of time.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/jetons/j17/gb/monnaiesgb2e42.html?depart=22&amp;nbfic=586" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/jetons/j17/gb/monnaiesgb2e42.html?depart=22&amp;nbfic=586" rel="nofollow">http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/jetons/j17/gb/monnaiesgb2e42.html?depart=22&amp;nbfic=586</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The significance is that the person depicted as holding the shield is the new Lord Protector of Burgundy (Le Duc D&#039;Enghien) who has approached the Council of Burgundy for better funding with which to better prepare and defend the state from any and all threats that may fall out of the blue. The jeton celebrates Burgundy&#039;s decision to agree to Le Duc D&#039;Enghiens requests and in so doing it seeks to `paint the picture&#039; of the anticipated benefits of granting a bigger and better budget. That is, The protective `shield&#039; of Le Duc will cover all of Burgundy and cast aside each and every threat that befalls. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still not convinced that the item in the original jeton is a `shield&#039; (as opposed to a chariot wheel) but I am open to that being the case. As such (at least to me) it remains not quite 100% `identified&#039; but not quite `unidentified&#039; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; One thing we know for certain however is that there was no thought of any little green men in their flying machines when the jeton was designed ;-)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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