Live auction - bfe_455557 - FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - LOUIS I OF CRÉCY - LOUIS II Double gros ou botdraeger
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| Estimate : | 380 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 16:13:10 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Double gros ou botdraeger
Date: c. 1366-1384
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Gand ou Malines
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce double gros est frappé sur un flan large et présente de hauts reliefs. Reliefs plus nets au droit qu’au revers. Exemplaire recouvert d’une légère patine grise de médaillier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVDOVICVS: DEI: GRA: COMES: Z: DNS: FLANDRIE.
Obverse description : Lion assis à gauche, couronné, surmonté d'un heaume dans un polylobe.
Obverse translation : (Louis, par la grâce de Dieu, comte et seigneur de Flandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + MONETA (TRÈFLE) DE (TRÈFLE) FLANDRIA, (N RÉTROGRADES) ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + BENEDICTVS: QVI: VENIT: IN: NOMINE: DOMINI, (N RÉTROGRADES, PONCTUATION PAR TROIS POINTS).
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée entourée d'une double légende.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie de Flandre ; Béni soit celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur).
Historical background
FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - LOUIS I OF CRÉCY - LOUIS II
(1346-1384)
Louis de Male, son of Louis, the Count of Flanders killed at the Battle of Crécy (1346), will try to maintain a policy of strict neutrality between the King of France and that of England. In 1382, he became count of Burgundy. Without a male heir, he married his daughter Marguerite to Philippe le Hardi, son of Jean le Bon, captured with his father at the battle of Poitiers, in 1356 "Father keep to the right, father keep to the left". On the death of Louis de Male, Philippe le Hardi succeeded him, origin of the great Burgundian estate.
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