v31_1075 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Douzain aux deux C, 2e type n.d. Riom

CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Douzain aux deux C, 2e type n.d. Riom G

MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 5.00 €
Estimate : 15.00 €
Realised price : 25.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 26.00 €

Type : Douzain aux deux C, 2e type

Date: [1592-1594]

Date: n.d.

Mint name / Town : Riom

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 240 ‰

Diameter : 26 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,11 g.

Coments on the condition:

Ce douzain est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et présente de très faibles reliefs. Tache au droit comme au revers

Catalogue references :

C.1492 - L.1027 - Dy.1181 - Sb.4414

Predigree :

Monnaie n° 15 du trésor de la région de Barbezieux

Obverse

Obverse legend : .CAROLVS. X. D. G. FRANCOR. REX (MG) - O.

Obverse description : Écu de France couronné, accosté de deux C ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe.

Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [...]DICT. 159[...].

Reverse description : Croix échancrée, cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'un lis, aux 2 et 3 d'une couronne.

Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).

Commentary

Poids avant restauration : 2,25 g.

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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v31_1075 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Douzain aux deux C, 2e type n.d. Riom

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON

(02/08/1589-9/05/1590)

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