Live auction - bfe_575966 - ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA Escalin, 2e type
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 360 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 17:48:16 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Escalin, 2e type
Date: 1651
Metal : billon
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet escalin est frappé sur un flan légèrement irrégulier et large. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant quelques faiblesses de frappe
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection MVDB
Obverse
Obverse legend : [CAR]OLVS. II. D G. DVX. MANT. ET. MONT. FER. - (MOLETTE).
Obverse description : Lion debout à gauche, tenant une épée de la patte droite, la patte gauche reposant sur un bouclier ovale mi-parti.
Obverse translation : (Charles II, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Mantoue...).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A - R ET MONT. - FER. - [VII. S P]RIN.
Reverse description : Écu couronné reposant sur une croix de saint André accosté de 16-51 ; le mont olympe sur la couronne.
Reverse translation : (Il n'y a point de Conseil à tenir contre le Seigneur).
Historical background
ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA
(1637-1659)
Grandson of Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and builder of Charleville, Charles II was only seven years old when his grandfather died. His father Charles de Gonzague died in 1631 leaving him and a sister Éléonore who would marry Emperor Ferdinand III. It was his mother, Marie de Gonzague, daughter of François II and cousin of his father, who was regent. He married Isabelle-Claire, daughter of Archduke Leopold of Austria and Claude de Medici, in 1649, with whom he had only one son, Charles III Ferdinand. He made only short visits to Charleville, residing more often in Mantua or Paris. In 1659, he sold his duchies of Nevers, Rethel, Mayenne, etc. to Mazarin. and retained only the sovereign land of Arches with the city of Charleville. He died in 1665.
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