Live auction - bfe_442621 - FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - LOUIS OF MALE Lion d'or
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| Estimate : | 7 500 € |
| Price : | 4 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 4 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 September 2017 16:50:57 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Lion d'or
Date: c. 1365-1370
Mint name / Town : Gand
Quantity minted : 1558025
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 5,38 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce lion d’or est frappé sur un flan très large et légèrement irrégulier probablement suite à une ancienne monture. Hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LV-DOVICVS: DEI° GRA: COM'° Z: DNS: FLANDR-IE ; À L'EXERGUE : FLANDRES, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE ANNELETS OU PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Obverse description : Lion à gauche, coiffé d'un heaume à panache avec tête de lion, assis dans une stalle gothique à pinacles ; à l'exergue : FLAnDRES.
Obverse translation : (Louis, par la grâce de Dieu, comte et seigneur de Flandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BENEDICTVSX QVIX VENITX INX NOMINEX DOMINI, (PONCTUATION PAR SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS, N ROMAINES ET RÉTROGRADES).
Reverse description : Croix trifoliée avec losange curviligne en cœur, cantonnée au 1 d'une n, au 2 d'une F, au 3 d'une L, au 4 d'un A, un D' en cœur (FLAND) ; le tout dans un polylobe.
Reverse translation : (Béni soit celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur).
Historical background
FLANDERS - COUNTY OF FLANDERS - LOUIS OF MALE
(1346-1384)
Louis de Male (1330-1384) is the son of Louis, Count of Flanders, killed at the Battle of Crécy (1346). He 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, who succeeded him, was at the origin of the great Burgundian estate. Louis de Male was also Count of Rethel.
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