v09_0944 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JEAN III CALLED THE GOOD Denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JEAN III CALLED THE GOOD Denier AU

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 274.41 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 274.41 €

Type : Denier

Date: c. 1312-1316

Mint name / Town : Nantes

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 1,14 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie frappée sur un flan assez large mais irrégulier. Haut relief et jolie patine. Poids lourd. État de conservation exceptionnel pour cette rare monnaie

Catalogue references :

Bd.34 (5 f.) - B.354 (13/7) - PA.412 (12/14) - NP.112

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IOHANNES DVX.

Obverse description : Champ écartelé, aux 1 et 4 de Bretagne, aux 2 et 3 de Dreux.

Obverse translation : (Jean, duc [de]).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + BRITANNIE, (T POINTÉ).

Reverse description : Croix cantonnée au 2 d'une moucheture d'hermine, au 3 d'une N.

Reverse translation : (Bretagne).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JEAN III CALLED THE GOOD

(1312-1341)

Jean III (1286-1341) is the son of Arthur II of Brittany. His father made him viscount of Limoges in 1301, then he became duke of Brittany in 1305, but died in 1312. Jean III, known as "le Bon", therefore in turn became duke of Brittany. In 1314, he gave the Viscountcy of Limoges to his brother Guy VII (1314-1317). After Guy's death, he instituted the viscountcy as a dower for the benefit of his wife Isabelle de Castille, but she died in 1328. He remarried Jeanne de Savoie in 1329 and offered Limoges as a dower to his second wife. He became Earl of Richmond in 1333 and paid homage to Edward III of England for this earldom. Without an heir, he married his niece Jeanne to Charles de Blois and died in Caen in 1341 after having supported Philippe VI in the Hundred Years War which began.

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JEAN III CALLED THE GOOD Obole VF

450.00 €

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