Live auction - bfe_582775 - CALAISIS - CALAIS - HENRY VI OF LANCASTER Demi-esterlin
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 27 October 2020 16:41:45 |
Type : Demi-esterlin
Date: (1422-1427)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Calais
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-esterlin est frappé sur un flan irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise de médaillier. La croix du revers apparaît en négatif au droit
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HENRIC. REX (LOSANGE ÉVIDÉ) ANGL.
Obverse description : Buste de face de Henry VI, couronné.
Obverse translation : (Henry, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Anglais et des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIL - LAX - CAL-ISX, (PONCTUTATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Croix coupant les deux légendes, cantonnée de quatre groupes de trois besants posés en triangle.
Reverse translation : (Ville de Calais).
Historical background
CALAISIS - CALAIS - HENRY VI OF LANCASTER
(31/10/1422-19/10/1453)
Henri VI is the son of Henri V and Catherine of France; he was born in Windsor on December 6, 1421. When his father died, he was only ten and a half months old. A period of regency began and it was his uncle, the Duke of Bedford, who administered the kingdom of England. The Duke of Bedford had Henry VI crowned in Paris on December 14, 1431. During his reign, the English lost almost all their possessions in France, keeping only Calais after the capitulation of Bordeaux on October 19, 1453. In 1445, he married to Marguerite d'Anjou, to whom he gave up part of his power, suffering from fits of madness like his maternal grandfather, King Charles VI of France. The loss of French territories was at the origin of the Wars of the Roses which began in 1455 and ended with the coronation of Edward IV in 1461 and the flight of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou to Holland. In 1470, he was returned to the throne by Warwick, but Edward IV ended up having him imprisoned in the Tower of London where he died on May 21, 1471, probably assassinated..
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CALAISIS - CALAIS - HENRY VI OF LANCASTER Demi-esterlin AU
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