Live auction - bfe_552259 - HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - JOHN II OF AVESNES Gros tournois
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 795 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 16:58:14 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Gros tournois
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Valenciennes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,57 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Ce gros tournois est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Exemplaire recouvert d’une patine grise hétérogène. Reliefs nets
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Laurent et provenant de la vente Crédit de la Bourse du 12 juin 1997, n° 708
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IOHANES: COMES ; LÉGENDE EXTÉRIEURE : + IN NOMINE: DOMINI: NOSTRI: IHV: CRISTI.
Obverse description : Croix.
Obverse translation : (Jean, comte ; au nom de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HYON ; BORDURE EXTÉRIEURE DE DOUZE OVES CONTENANT DES ROSES.
Reverse description : Monogramme hennuyer contenant trois étoiles à six rais et coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Hainaut).
Historical background
HAINAUT - COUNTY OF HAINAUT - JOHN II OF AVESNES
(1280-1304)
Son of Count Jean I of Hainaut (1246-1257) and Adelaide, daughter of Count Florent IV of Holland, he was Count of Hainaut from 1257 to his death in 1304. He only struck coins from 1280, the year of the death of his grandmother Margaret of Constantinople. He was Count of Holland from 1300 to 1304 and married Philippine, daughter of Count Henry II of Luxembourg, with whom he had nine children..
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