bfe_328632 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - JOHN IV OF MONTFORT Gros

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

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Type : Gros

Date: c. 1390-1399

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Rennes

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,56 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Ce gros est frappé sur un flan large. Patine grise. Bel exemplaire

Catalogue references :

Bd.88 (10 f.) - PA.769-783 (20/9) - J.253

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IOHANNES DEI. GRACIA. DVX. BRITAIE.

Obverse description : Lion de Montfort à gauche, tenant une targe de Bretagne contenant quatorze mouchetures d’hermine posées 4, 3, 4 et 3, le tout dans un polylobe.

Obverse translation : (Jean, par la grâce de Dieu, duc des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + XPC. VINCIT. XPC REGNAT. XPC. IMPERAT. R.

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée.

Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).

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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