Live auction - bfe_580132 - AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - EDWARD III OF ENGLAND Double au léopard
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 520 € |
| Maximum bid : | 888 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 16:44:56 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Double au léopard
Date: c. 1350
Mint name / Town : Bordeaux
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,74 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce double est frappé sur un flan irrégulier présentant des éclatements. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + ED': REX: ANGLIE.
Obverse description : Léopard passant à gauche entre deux traits ; au-dessus un A, au-dessous GI.
Obverse translation : (Édouard, roi d’Angleterre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA DVPLEX.
Reverse description : Croix aux bras couronnés.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie double).
Historical background
AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - EDWARD III OF ENGLAND
(1317-1362)
Edward (1312-1377), eldest son of Edward II and Isabella of France, follows his mother when she rebels against her husband. When Edward II is overthrown, Edward III, who had already been Duke of Aquitaine since 1317, becomes King of England. He marries Philippa de Hainaut (+1369), the daughter of the count of Hainaut, Guillaume. After the death of Charles IV le Bel, his cousin, he paid homage to Philippe VI de Valois for Aquitaine. In 1330, in England, he executed Mortimer, his minister and his mother's lover. He forces his mother to retire (+1358). Pushed by his cousin Robert d'Artois, he broke the homage for Aquitaine. The Hundred Years' War began in 1337. The French were beaten at Écluse in 1340, then at Crécy in 1346. He took Calais after a long siege (the famous bourgeois). England was hit by the Great Plague in 1348. After the death of Philip VI, he continued the fight against John II, defeated him at Poitiers and took him prisoner. Edward, the Black Prince, became Prince of Aquitaine in 1362.
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