v11_0862 - HENRY III - ORDRE DU SAINT-ESPRIT / ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Médaille Ar 40
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 548.82 €
Estimate : 1 067.14 €
Realised price : 575.80 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 960.89 €
Starting price : 548.82 €
Estimate : 1 067.14 €
Realised price : 575.80 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 960.89 €
Type : Médaille Ar 40
Date: 1579
Metal : silver
Diameter : 40,2 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 31,23 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Albuquerque du 27 septembre 1994
Obverse
Obverse legend : .IN TE VERE - CHRISTVS..
Obverse description : Henri III assis sur un trône, vêtu du manteau royal et portant le collier de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit ; au-dessus de sa tête, la colombe du Saint-Esprit sortant des nuages ; le roi reçoit le serment d’un nouveau chevalier, agenouillé à gauche entre le prévôt, qui lui présente l’Évangile sur lequel il doit jurer, et le grand trésorier, qui lit les statuts de l’ordre ; le champ est semé de langues de feu. À l’exergue : 1579.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HENRI. / III. DE CE NOM. / ROY. DE. FRAN. ET. / DE. POL. AVTHEVR / ET. SOVVERAIN. / DE. LORDRE. DES / CHEVALIERS / DV. S. ESPRIT. / .1579..
Reverse description : En neuf lignes entre deux branches de laurier nouées en bas et en haut.
Commentary
Cette médaille est certainement postérieure à l’année 1579, et a peut-être été frappée au XVIIe ou au XVIIIe siècle.
Historical background
HENRY III - ORDRE DU SAINT-ESPRIT / ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The order of the Holy Spirit was created in December 1578. It was created by the desire of Henry III to group around his person a nucleus of devoted gentlemen and on whom he could count against the League. The king was the grand master of this order, which had one hundred knights, plus nine ecclesiastical commanders and four grand officers: a chancellor, a provost, a grand treasurer and a clerk. The Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit were at the same time Knights of the Order of Saint-Michel. The cross of the order was suspended from a blue cord, hence the name of blue cords given to the Knights of the Holy Spirit. The Dauphin and the sons of France were by right Knights of the Holy Spirit at birth. The name of Holy Spirit had been given in commemoration of the fact that the election of Henry III to the throne of Poland and his accession to the throne of France had both happened on the day of Pentecost..
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