Live auction - bry_372909 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type 1594 Paris
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| Estimate : | 1 600 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 15:29:06 |
Type : Écu d'or au soleil, 1er type
Date: 1594
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 5000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. Exemplaire présentant deux faiblesses de frappe au niveau des légendes. Petit essai de métal au niveau du CI de VINCIT
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. X. D. G. FR (SOLEIL) ANCOR. REX (MM) 1594 - A, (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné sommé d'un soleil à six rayons coupant la légende en haut ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe de l'écu.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CHRISTVS. REGNAT. VINCIT: ET. IMPERAT.
Reverse description : Croix anillée, fleurdelisée, avec quadrilobe pointé en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ règne, vainc et commande).
Commentary
D'après Jean Lafaurie, 25 écus furent mis en boîte en 1594 à Paris. Le chiffre de 5.000 écus est une extrapolation du chiffre de mise en boîte (25x200) et comprend des écus d’or au nom d’Henri IV. Dernière année de frappe pour ce type monétaire à Paris et millésime particulièrement difficile à trouver.
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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