v37_0357 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Huitième d’écu, écu de face 1593 Lyon
MONNAIES 37 (2009)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
Realised price : 836.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 2 220.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
Realised price : 836.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 2 220.00 €
Type : Huitième d’écu, écu de face
Date: 1593
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Quantity minted : 26788
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,74 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce huitième d’écu est frappé sur un flan assez large et irrégulier. La croix du revers apparaît légèrement en négatif au droit. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection R.L.V.
Obverse
Obverse legend : :CAROLVS. X. D: G: FRANC: REX::: - D.
Obverse description : Écu de France couronné, accosté de V - III.
Obverse translation : (Charles X, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : :+: SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BENEDIC.: T. (MM). 1593: (TRÈFLE):.
Reverse description : Croix fleurdelisée.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit le nom du Seigneur).
Commentary
Monnaie de la plus grande rareté.
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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