Live auction - bfe_581536 - CAMBRÉSIS - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CAMBRAI - MAXIMILIEN DE BERGHES Thaler
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 340 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 16:53:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1569
Mint name / Town : Cambrai
Metal : silver
Diameter : 42 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 28,93 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Petite fente à 3 heures au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant d’une vente Albuquerque
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAX['* A'*] BERG'* ARCH'* Z'* D'* CAM'* S'* IP'* PR'* C'* A', (PONCTUATION PAR UNE SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Maximilien de Berghes sous un heaume orné de plumes et d'une tête de cerf coupant la légende en haut.
Obverse translation : (Maximilen de Berghes, [par la grâce de Dieu] archevêque et duc de Cambrai, sacré par l'empereur prince et comte de Cambrai).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAXIMILI'* II'* ROMA'* IM'* SEM'* AVG'* 1569, (PONCTUATION PAR UNE SIMPLE ROSE À CINQ PÉTALES).
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale éployée et nimbée sous une couronne impériale coupant la légende en haut.
Reverse translation : (Maximilien II, empereur du Saint-Empire, toujours auguste).
Historical background
CAMBRÉSIS - ARCHBISHOPRIC OF CAMBRAI - MAXIMILIEN DE BERGHES
(1556-1570)
Maximilien de Berghes succeeded Robert de Croy (1516-1556) as head of the episcopate of Cambrai. The bishopric was raised to the rank of archbishopric by Ferdinand I in 1559. Maximilien de Berghes minted daldres in the name of Ferdinand I (1556-1559-1564), then in the name of his son Maximilien II (1564-1576) of 1564 to 1569. Louis de Berlaimont succeeded Maximilien de Berghes. He is the last archbishop to have monetized. Fénelon was Archbishop of Cambrai from 1694 to 1715..
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