E-auction 150-88927 - bfe_314069 - AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - HENRY IV, HENRY V or HENRY VI Hardi
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 27 € |
| Maximum bid : | 33 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 February 2016 15:34:30 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Hardi
Date: c. 1400-1420
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Bordeaux ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,02 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et décentré. Frappe faible. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : [ERIC R]-X AGLIE.
Obverse description : Buste de face du Roi, couronné, tenant une épée de la main droite, un besant au-dessus de la couronne.
Obverse translation : (Henri, roi d’Angleterre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : F[RA-CI]E (ROSE) - DNS - ACI (ROSE).
Reverse description : Croix coupant la légende cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un léopard, aux 2 et 3 d’un lis sur un besant.
Reverse translation : (de France, et seigneur d’Aquitaine).
Historical background
AQUITAINE - DUCHY OF AQUITAINE - HENRY IV, HENRY V or HENRY VI
(1399-1453)
Henry IV (1366-1413) was the son of John of Ghent, Duke of Lancaster, third son of Edward III. Henry IV overthrew Richard II Plantagenet who was assassinated in 1399. His son Henry V (1387-1422) succeeded his father to the throne of England and defeated the French at Agincourt in 1415. By the Treaty of Troyes of 1420, Henry V is declared heir to the throne of France and marries Catherine of France, daughter of Charles VI. Henry VI (1421-1471) succeeded his father in 1422 on the thrones of France and England. He was crowned at Notre Dame de Paris in 1431, but he lost the war and definitively Guyenne in 1453. Only one English city remained in France, Calais. Henry VI will be assassinated in 1471.
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