Live auction - bfe_564887 - DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - FRANÇOIS II DE MONTPENSIER Douzain
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| Estimate : | 110 € |
| Price : | 70 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2022 17:06:00 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Douzain
Date: 1587
Mint name / Town : Trévoux
Metal : billon
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie frappée sur un flan court, irrégulier et légèrement voilé présentant de petits éclatements. Patine hétérogène
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor de Nanteuil-lès-Meaux (n°957)
Obverse
Obverse legend : + FRANCIS. P. DOMBAR. D. MONTIS. M.
Obverse description : Écu couronné portant trois lis posés 2 et 1 et une brisure, accosté de deux F couronnées.
Obverse translation : (François, prince de Dombes, duc de Montpensier).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DNS. ADIVT. ET. REDEM. MEVS. 1587.
Reverse description : Croix échancrée cantonnée de quatre couronnes.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon soutien et mon rédempteur).
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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