Live auction - bfe_835387 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Double denier
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 620 € |
| Maximum bid : | 999 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 17:42:13 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Double denier
Date: c. 1361
Mint name / Town : Quimperlé
Metal : billon
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce double denier est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Quelques faiblesses de frappe. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine foncée
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Libaud
Obverse
Obverse legend : [+ I]OHANNES BR[ITAN].
Obverse description : DVX sous trois mouchetures d’hermine renversées semblant former une couronne.
Obverse translation : (Jean, duc de Bretagne).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONET [...]MPE.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée dont le pied coupe la légende.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Quimperlé).
Commentary
D’après Yannick Jézéquel, ce double denier pourrait s’inspirer du double tournois de Jean II daté par Duplessy d’avril 1361 (Duplessy 329). Monnaie particulièrement rare attribuée à l’atelier de Quimperlé en raison de la légende de revers MPE encore visible. Des exemplaires étaient présents dans le trésor de Plounévez-Lochrist (Dumas, RN 1964).
Historical background
BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT
(1345-1399)
Jean IV, son of Jean de Montfort, was born in 1341. For twenty years, the duchy was disputed with him by Charles de Blois. Master of Brittany after the defeat and death of Charles at the battle of Auray in 1364, he was the only duke until his death. During the second period of reign interspersed with leaks in England, he will have two implacable enemies: Du Guesclin and Clisson. He acquired the county of Penthièvre on the death of Jeanne de Blois in 1384. Jean IV died in Nantes in 1399 after having fought for more than forty years.
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