Live auction - fwo_361659 - SCOTLAND - CHARLES I OF ENGLAND Unité n.d. Édimbourg
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 2 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 630 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 17:58:34 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Édimbourg
Metal : gold
Diameter : 35,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Cette unité d’or porte des traces de monture ancienne, limées. Elle conserve un aspect brillant suite à un nettoyage. Elle est légèrement décentrée et présente une petite usure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLVS. D: G. MAG. BRITAN. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX.(CHARDON).B..
Obverse description : Buste de Charles Ier à droite coupant la légende, vue à mi-corps, l’armure damasquinée avec le col plat et l’ordre de la jarretière tenant un sceptre de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Charles par la grâce de Dieu, roi d’Angleterre, de France et d’Écosse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : HIS. PRAESVM. VT. PROSIM..
Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé au 1e et 4e d’Ecosse au 2e contre-écartelé de France et d’Angleterre et au 3e d’Irlande, accosté de C - R couronnés.
Reverse translation : (Sous les auspices du Royaume du Christ).
Commentary
Cette unité d’or qui équivaut à 20 schillings anglais, est l’oeuvre du graveur Nicolas Briot qui fut graveur général à la Monnaie de Paris de 1606 à 1625 où il introduisit la frappe au balancier. Il dut s’enfuir en Angleterre en 1625, criblé de dettes. Il devint alors graveur à la Royal Mint d’Angleterre. Le petit ‘B” au revers situé à côté du chardon est sa marque de graveur.
Historical background
SCOTLAND - CHARLES I OF ENGLAND
(1625-1649)
Charles I was the son of James I of England (1603-1625) (or James VI of Scotland, 1567-1625) and grandson of Mary Stuart who was murdered by her cousin Elizabeth of England at the Tower of London in 1587. Charles, born in 1600, succeeded his father Jacques VI in 1625, the year of his marriage to Henrietta of France, sister of Louis XIII. Charles had retained all his confidence in the Duke of Buckingham, his father's favourite. War soon broke out between the Duke and the Cardinal. In 1627, the English won several naval victories over the French fleet which was trying to establish the blockade of La Rochelle. In 1628, on October 28, the city capitulated. Meanwhile, Buckingham had been murdered. The King came into conflict with Parliament, which accused him of absolutism and favoring Catholics. Civil war broke out in 1642 and lasted seven years. The "Roundheads" supporters of Parliament and Cromwell triumphed over the "Horsemen", the King's party which was finally tried and executed in 1649. The republic was proclaimed and Cromwell was its first "Lord protector"..
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