bfe_328617 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN II Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 1290
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nantes
Metal : billon
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,01 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette monnaie est frappée sur un flan large et présente une patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IOHANNES DVX, (N BOULETÉES).
Obverse description : Dans le champ, armes de Dreux au franc quartier de Bretagne à trois mouchetures d'hermine posées 2 et 1.
Obverse translation : (Jean, duc [de]).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BRITANNIE, (T ANNELÉ, N BOULETÉES).
Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d'une N onciale.
Reverse translation : (Bretagne).
Historical background
BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN II
(1286-1305)
The appearance of the house of Dreux (1137-1341) is characterized by the presence of the triangular and then square coat of arms of Dreux in the free quarter of Brittany. John II (1239-1305) married Beatrice, daughter of Henry II of England. First rallied to Edward I before taking the side of Philip IV, he attached the lordship of Léon to the duchy in 1293 by buying it from his brother. In 1297 Brittany, a simple duchy, was elevated to a duchy-peerage. In 1299 John II took part in the peace negotiations between France and England. In 1304, he followed the King of France to Lyon, and died there in 1305, crushed by a wall.
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