bfe_624923 - DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - FRANÇOIS II DE MONTPENSIER Double tournois
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Price : 65.00 €
Type : Double tournois
Date: 1588
Mint name / Town : Trévoux
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Ce double tournois est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et un peu court. Métal piqué au revers. De fines rayures sur le portrait
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Kuhn
Obverse
Obverse legend : + F. D. BOVRB. P. D. DOMBES. (MM)., (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé à gauche de François II.
Obverse translation : (Louis de Bourbon, prince de Dombes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1588.
Reverse description : Trois lis posés 2 et 1 et barrés (armes de Bourbon).
Historical background
DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - FRANÇOIS II DE MONTPENSIER
(1582-1592)
The issuing of coins ceased in the Dombes on the death of Pierre II in 1503. The lordship of the Dombes was given to Louise de Savoie and attached to the kingdom after her death in 1531. In 1560, the king of France, François II, the restores to Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier, son of Louise de Montpensier, (+1561) sister of Charles the constable of Bourbon, and erects the seigniory of Trévoux into a principality. Minting resumed only under Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier (1560-1582) to end very late, in the second half of the 17th century. The Bourbon-Montpensiers descend from Robert de Clermont, son of Saint-Louis. The Bourbon-Montpensier family will reign over the Dombes until the year 1693.
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DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - FRANÇOIS II DE MONTPENSIER Double tournois VF
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