v12_0607 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Quart d’écu, 2e type 1593 Lyon
MONNAIES 12 (2001)
Starting price : 457.35 €
Estimate : 914.69 €
Realised price : 457.35 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 359.24 €
Starting price : 457.35 €
Estimate : 914.69 €
Realised price : 457.35 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 359.24 €
Type : Quart d’écu, 2e type
Date: 1593
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Quantity minted : 26788
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 9,56 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart d’écu est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Il présente une patine foncée au droit et plus claire au revers. La croix du revers a tendance à apparaître en négatif au droit. Les reliefs sont assez faibles. On doit noter deux petites rayures dans le 3e et le 4e cantons de la croix
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette monnaie vient de la vente FRANCE II, n° 237
Obverse
Obverse legend : + CAROLVS. X. D: G. FRANC. REX - D.
Obverse description : Ecu de France couronné, accosté de II - II.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + SIT. NOMEN DNI. BENEDICT (MM) 1593 (TRÈFLE):.
Reverse description : Croix 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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