v33_1436 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Gros

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Gros VF

MONNAIES 33 (2007)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 310.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 310.00 €

Type : Gros

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Vannes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 2,20 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise et présentant des faiblesses de frappe

Catalogue references :

Bd.85 (10 f.) - PA.856 (20/9)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IOHANNES* DVX - BRITANIE* V, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ROSE).

Obverse description : Écu penché de Bretagne à dix mouchetures d’hermine, sommé d’un heaume corné portant le lion de Montfort, le tout dans un polylobe.

Obverse translation : (Jean, duc des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + DEVSX IN ADIVTORIVMX MEVX INTED, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE SAUTOIR).

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée portant un quadrilobe et une rose en cœur.

Reverse translation : (Que Dieu me vienne en aide).

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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