Live auction - bfe_667865 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY Demi-teston
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| Estimate : | 2 200 € |
| Price : | 1 700 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 June 2021 17:07:46 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Demi-teston
Date: 1517
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,66 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce demi-teston est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et très large. Exemplaire présentant de hauts reliefs et recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) ANTHON° D° G° LOTHOR° ET° BAR° DVX, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Obverse description : Buste d'Antoine à gauche, cuirassé et couronné.
Obverse translation : (Antoine, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Lorraine et duc de Bar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (CROIX DE LORRAINE) MONETA° NANCEII° CVSA° 1517, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELET).
Reverse description : Écu aux armes pleines de Lorraine à six quartiers timbré d’une couronne ducale.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie frappée à Nancy, 1517).
Commentary
D’après l’ouvrage de Dominique Flon, ces demi-testons sont connus pour les millésimes suivants 1512-1513, 1515-1517 et peut-être 1537.
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE – ANTOINE / ANTHONY
(1508-1544)
Antoine (1489-1544) is the son of René II and Philippa of Guelders; he succeeded his father in 1508. He had been raised at the Court of France with Louis XII and was knighted at the Battle of Agnadel in 1509. A friend of François I, he married Renée de Bourbon in 1515 and became famous at the Battle of Marignan. In 1517, the King of France was godfather to his eldest son François. Between Charles Quint who had just been elected emperor in 1521 and François I, Antoine always kept a strict neutrality. Several times, the Duke of Lorraine had to fight the troops of the German Calvinists. He favored the truce of Fère which was to last ten years (1538-1548) and died in 1544.
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