Live auction - bfe_340702 - BERRY - PRINCIPALITY OF BOISBELLE-HENRICHEMONT - MAXIMILIAN OF BÉTHUNE, DUKE OF SULLY Double tournois, type 1
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 16:34:27 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Double tournois, type 1
Date: 1636
Mint name / Town : Henrichemont
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan assez large et régulier. Le portrait de Sully est assez expressif. Cet exemplaire est recouvert d’une légère patine marron. Exemplaire presque superbe dont le revers fut frappé avec un carré présentant une cassure devant la bouche de Sully. Du rouge de frappe est encore présent autour des lettres du revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jacques Grangien et illustré page 424 du CGKL et provenant également de la vente MONNAIES XVIII, n° 1426 (classé par erreur en TTB dans cette vente)
Obverse
Obverse legend : (ROSE CONSTITUÉE DE SEPT POINTS) MAXI. D. BETHVNE. P. S. D ENRIC, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste barbu à droite de Maximilien de Béthune (Sully), portant une large fraise et un manteau recouvert de mouchetures d'hermine.
Obverse translation : (Maximilien de Béthune, prince souverain d'Henrichemont).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1636. L..
Reverse description : Petit écu d’Henrichemont sur un champ semé de lis, dont trois sont complets.
Commentary
L’un des plus beaux exemplaire de cette série servant d’illustration dans le CGKL.
Historical background
BERRY - PRINCIPALITY OF BOISBELLE-HENRICHEMONT - MAXIMILIAN OF BÉTHUNE, DUKE OF SULLY
(1597-1641)
Maximilien de Béthune, Baron de Rosny and Duke of Sully, is better known as Sully. He was born in the Château de Rosny, near Mantes, on December 13, 1560. Protestant and childhood friend of Henri IV, he followed the King of France in all his military campaigns where he distinguished himself by his qualities as an engineer. In 1590 he was wounded at the Battle of Ivry. From 1596, Henri IV entrusted him with the management of the kingdom's finances. He led a policy of economy, reduction of charges and size and, in order to promote trade, he abolished a large number of tolls and built a large number of roads, bridges or canals. He held various important positions: in 1599 he was grand master of artillery and fortifications and grand voyer of France, in 1602 governor of the Bastille, in 1604, superintendent of buildings, captain of water and rivers, governor of Poitou. The death of Henri IV put an end to his political career. In 1634 Louis XIII appointed him Marshal of France. He died at the Château de Villebon (Loir-et-Cher) on December 22, 1641..
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