Live auction - bry_807192 - SPAIN - BARCELONA - LOUIS XIV THE SUN KING X réaux 1652 Barcelone
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Estimate : | 2 000 € |
Price : | 1 900 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 900 € |
End of the sale : | 07 March 2023 16:17:05 |
bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : X réaux
Date: 1652
Mint name / Town : Barcelone
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,54 g.
Coments on the condition:
Cette pièce de X réaux est frappée sur un flan large et irrégulier. Monnaie recouverte d’une jolie patine grise
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Charlet
Obverse
Obverse legend : .LVD. XIIII. D. G. R. F. C. B - 1652 (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 7 HEURES).
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Louis XIV, lauré et drapé, accosté de X et R.
Obverse translation : (Louis XIII, par la grâce de Dieu, roi et comte de Barcelone).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LIS) BARCINO CIVIT. OBSESSA.
Reverse description : Croix portant en cœur l’écu losangé de Barcelone cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un annelet, aux 2 et 3 de trois besants posés en triangle.
Reverse translation : (Cité de Barcelone assiégée).
Commentary
Monnaie obsidionale frappée pendant le siège de Barcelone.