Live auction - bfe_338535 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN II Obole
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 380 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 16:27:57 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Obole
Date: c.1290
Mint name / Town : Guingamp
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cette obole est frappée sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine gris foncé. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Inumis 5, n° 817
Obverse
Obverse legend : + DVX BRITANINE.
Obverse description : Dreux, au franc quartier de Bretagne, chargé de deux mouchetures posées en fasce.
Obverse translation : (Duc de Bretagne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CASTNI GIGANPI.
Reverse description : Croix pattée cantonnée au 2 d'un châtel et au 3 d'une moucheture d'hermine.
Reverse translation : (Château de Guingamp).
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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