v11_0714 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Double tournois

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Double tournois VF

MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 137.20 €
Realised price : 100.62 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 100.62 €

Type : Double tournois

Date: c. 1355

Metal : billon

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 1,19 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et court présentant un petit manque de métal. Les reliefs sont assez faibles et une partie des légendes est illisible

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - B.542 - PA.643 - Salaün213

Obverse

Obverse legend : [...]ANNES: B[...].

Obverse description : DVX entre deux rangées de pseudo lis.

Obverse translation : (Jean, duc des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MO-NET-A D[V-PLEX].

Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée avec trois bourrelets aux bouts des bras de la croix.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie double).

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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