Live auction - bfe_421275 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - RENE II Quart de thaler ou quart de tallar
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| Estimate : | 12 000 € |
| Price : | 6 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 6 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 16:16:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Quart de thaler ou quart de tallar
Date: 1500
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nancy
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 10,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce quart de thaler est frappé sur un flan large et régulier. Exemplaire légèrement décentré au revers et recouvert d’une jolie patine grise de médaillier. Deux infimes rayures sur le bras inférieur gauche de la croix du revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (AIGLE ÉPLOYÉE) RENATVS° LOTHORIMGORVM° DVX.
Obverse description : Écu couronné aux armes pleines de Lorraine.
Obverse translation : (René, duc de Lorraine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (AIGLE ÉPLOYÉE) SALVE° CRVX° - PRECIOSA°.
Reverse description : Croix de Lorraine évidée dont le pied coupe la légende en bas, dans un polylobe, et cantonnée des lettres RE/RE.
Reverse translation : (La croix précieuse sauve).
Commentary
Monnaie de la plus grande rareté de issue de collection prestigieuses. Flon interprète les deux lettres situées sous les deux bras inférieurs de la croix du revers comme des RR/RR. Cet exemplaire montre qu’il s’agit nettement des lettres RE/RE (René), avec un R romain et la lettre E onciale).
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - RENE II
(1473-1508)
René II is the son of Ferri de Vaudémont and Yolande d'Aragon. His two grandfathers are René I of Anjou and Antoine de Vaudémont. He succeeded Nicolas d'Anjou (1470-1473) then had to face the invasion of Lorraine by Charles the Bold in 1475. Finally, the Duke of Burgundy found death under the walls of Nancy. After allying himself with Louis XI, he became angry with the latter about Bar's succession. René reconciled with Maximilian of Austria, son-in-law of the Bold. He married in second marriage Philippa de Guelders, daughter of Adolphe d'Egmont, from whom, in 1489, Antoine was born. He tried in vain to claim the throne of Naples because Charles VIII prevented him from doing so. René II died in 1508.
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DUCHY OF LORRAINE - RENE II Quart de thaler ou quart de tallar AU
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