v37_0358 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Double sol parisis, 2e type 1591 Marseille
MONNAIES 37 (2009)
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Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Type : Double sol parisis, 2e type
Date: 1591
Mint name / Town : Marseille
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 319 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce double sol parisis est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente des faiblesses de frappe ainsi qu’un éclatement à 11 heures au droit. Exemplaire de poids léger recouvert d’une légère patine grise et présentant des reliefs plus nets au revers qu’au droit
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection R.L.V.
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. X. D. G. FR[ANC. REX] 1[5]91 (MM).
Obverse description : Trois lis posés 2 et 1 sous une couronne.
Obverse translation : (Henri III, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs et des Polonais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (“ET”) SIT NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM (MG).
Reverse description : Croix cléchée fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Historical background
CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON
(02/08/1589-9/05/1590)
Charles X, uncle and godfather of Henri IV and first cousin of François de Lorraine, was born in 1523. Cardinal and papal legate in Avignon from 1565 to 1590, it was he who had blessed the marriage of Marguerite de Valois and Henri IV on the eve of Saint-Barthélemy. On the death of the Duke of Alençon, last brother of Henry III, he was recognized by the League and by Philip II of Spain as heir presumptive to the crown. Recognized by Henri, in 1588, as his closest relative, he was arrested at Blois on December 23, 1588 while the Guises were being assassinated. He was proclaimed king by the Leaguers after the murder of Henri III on August 2, 1589 but died a prisoner at Fontenay-le-Comte on May 9, 1590..
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