Live auction - bry_944633 - HENRY II Teston à la tête nue, 1er type 1556 Bayonne
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Estimate : | 1 000 € |
Price : | 620 € |
Maximum bid : | 700 € |
End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 16:40:04 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Teston à la tête nue, 1er type
Date: 1556
Mint name / Town : Bayonne
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 898 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 9,50 g.
Coments on the condition:
Ce teston est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier laissant apparaître une bonne partie des grènetis extérieurs. Le buste du roi est bien venu à la frappe
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Laurent Barnaud
Obverse
Obverse legend : HENRICVS. II. D. G. FRANCOR. REX (ANCRE).
Obverse description : Buste cuirassé de Henri II à droite ; (Mm) sous le buste).
Obverse translation : (Henri II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + XPS. VINCIT. XPS. REGNAT. XPS. IMP. 1556..
Reverse description : Écu de France couronné accosté de deux H couronnées ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe de l'écu.
Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).